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What is Evil? Why are we so interested in it?

It’s hard to anticipate, to accept. The idea that you could actually know someone evil. That happens to other people, right? But there I was, staring at the photo in the newspaper of my former classmate, clad in the orange prison jumpsuit in front of the judge. The headline described the whole lurid affair: Eighth

Written on August 10, 2020 at 4:40 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Achilles, Evil, iliad, Odysseus, Odyssey, ritual, Slavery

Aeolus: Keeper of the Winds

Written by Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In Greek mythology the name Aeolus pops up in reference to three different characters: Aeolus, the son of Hippotes, and keeper of the winds; Aeolus, the half-human son of Poseidon; and Aeolus, the son of Hellen (not the Helen of the Trojan War, but a mortal ruler

Written on February 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Aeolia, Aeolus, God of the wind, Hellen, Hippotes, Odysseus, Poseidon, The Odyssey, zeus

Polyphemus: Two faces of a Cyclops

Written by Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Polyphemus is best known as the Cyclops that Odysseus and his men encountered on their return from the Trojan War. But, is there another side to this man-eating giant? And what happened to him after Odysseus sailed away? The legend is born Polyphemus was one of the

Written on January 29, 2020 at 10:00 am, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Aeneas, Ancient Greek Mythology, cyclopes, Cyclops, Galatea, Homer, Odysseus, Ovid, Polyphemus, Poseidon, The Odyssey, Trojan War

From God of the Sea to Maserati: The Legacy of Poseidon

Poseidon, the notorious Greek god of the sea (though he was also god of earthquakes, storms, and horses) has been held in high esteem over the millennia. The Romans recast him as the god Neptune, retaining his dominion over the sea. In Bologna, Italy, during the 16th century, the Fountain of Neptune was erected, becoming

Written on November 20, 2019 at 10:30 am, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: gigantomachy, iliad, Odysseus, Odyssey, Poseidon, zeus

Circe: Justice for the Witch

By Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom If you think you know the story of Circe, the witch of Aeaea and the seducer of the hero Odysseus, think again. There’s more to her story than is widely publicized or acknowledged, but to understand how Circe became one of ancient Greek mythology’s most notorious women you

Written on September 30, 2019 at 3:14 pm, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Monsters

Tags: Aeaea, Agrius, Circe, Hesiod, Homer, Latinus, Odysseus, Odyssey, Penelope, Perses, Telegonus

The Sirens: A Symbol of Fear

By Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom “For with their high clear song, the Sirens bewitch him, as they sit there in a meadow piled high with the moldering skeletons of men, whose withered skin still hangs upon their bones.” Odyssey. 12: 39-54 The elusive Sirens of the Aegean have been cornerstone characters in Greek

Written on May 22, 2019 at 9:37 am, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Monsters

Tags: Etymologiae, Greek Mythology, Odysseus, Odyssey, Sirens

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