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The Trojan Legend

by Ben Potter, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom To literary-minded ‘Moderns’ (if we can be so contrasted with the ‘Ancients’) the broad contents of the Iliad and Odyssey are quite familiar. Indeed, tales of wrathful Achilles, fearsome Ajax, tragic Hector, Sirens, Cyclopes, Circe, Suitors etcetera are well-known even to those who have not read both epics

Written on March 14, 2022 at 1:13 am, by Ben Potter

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Helen of Troy, iphigenia, Odysseus, Priam, Trojan War, Troy

Aeneas: Trojan Prince and Founder of Rome

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom He is a towering figure of ancient myth. He fought at Troy and appears in the Iliad. Yet he is remembered for something much greater. He was seen by the Romans as a paragon of virtue, and one of the founders of their city. One of the world’s

Written on December 8, 2021 at 7:20 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Heroes, Mythology

Tags: Aeneas, Aeneid, Aphrodite, Roman Mythology, Rome, Trojan War, Troy

Euripides’ Helen – an Alternative View of Helen of Troy

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom She’s probably the single most famous woman from all of Greek mythology. We think we know the tale – the most beautiful woman in the world, and the enormous war that was fought over her. Yet her story is much more complex than many may imagine. Was she

Written on October 14, 2021 at 6:58 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Literature

Tags: Euripides, Gorgias, Greek Tragedy, Helen, Helen of Troy, Menelaus, Stesichorus, Trojan War

Memnon: the Mythical King of the Ethiopians

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom One of the most remarkable figures in all of Ancient Mythology is that of Memnon. He was a great hero, not Greek nor Roman, but an African. He was a king of the Ethiopians and he played a critical role in the Trojan War. Origin of Memnon Memnon

Written on October 12, 2021 at 9:51 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Heroes

Tags: Achilles, Antilochus, Ethiopian King, Greek Mythology, Memnon, Trojan War

Ares: The Greek God of War

Written by Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In the Ancient World, the most powerful forces that shaped human destiny were personified by polytheistic religions in the form of Gods. In this way, the ancients believed that they could influence impersonal forces and powers. One of these was war. In the past, conflict was a

Written on July 29, 2020 at 6:25 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Gods

Tags: Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Roman Mythology, Aphrodite, ares, hephaestus, Mars, mythology, Trojan War, Venus, Vulcan

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