For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. These were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before the Olympic gods and long before the birth of mortals.
By Patrick Garner
They were not all immortal. Some died after living...
Poseidon is undoubtedly one of the most famous of all the Greek gods. The Greeks worshipped him throughout antiquity, as far back as the Bronze Age. Interestingly, there is evidence that the Greek god Poseidon was originally a Minoan...
Greek mythology is absolutely filled with interactions between the gods and humans. The gods regularly intervened in human affairs. They got involved in battles, spoke to people, and even had children with humans. Obviously, real Greek history was quite...
Greek mythology is full of unknown gods that remained in the shadows of the more well-known ones, such as Zeus, Ares, or the patroness of hunting, Artemis.
They did not spend their days on Olympus, and relatively little was known...
You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled the usual, red liquid like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their existence.
When those dazzling, dramatic, and downright powerful deities actually got wounded (which wasn't...
The way ancient Greeks chose their names is a fascinating story that reveals a lot about their ideals, beliefs and familial relationships that have changed but are still relevant in contemporary Greek culture.
Names were more than just labels used...
Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also served as a messenger of the gods. Although now a little known member of the pantheon, Iris was a prominent figure in many ancient myths and is even a character in...
Few figures in late antiquity present as compelling a historical debate as Julian the Apostate’s attempt to restore the Greek gods in opposition to Christianity in the Roman Empire.
During his brief but highly consequential reign in the fourth century...
The "sky father" is an archetypal god appearing in many ancient religions globally, including within the ancient Greek and Roman pantheons as Zeus and Jupiter. The sky father was often the chief god of his respective pantheon.
Owing to the...
There are countless myths and legends about ancient Greece. Of course, there are also countless historical records about it, too. So when did ancient Greek mythology come to an end, being replaced by pure history?
Many people believe that most...
