An Introduction to Hephaestus
from Jenny March, Cassell’s Dictionary of Classical Mythology, 370-373: HEPHAESTUS: Hephaestus, one of the twelve great Olympian gods, was the … Continue Reading An Introduction to Hephaestus
The Great Myths #68: The Dark Home of Night & Death (Greek)
Read the other Great Myths here Here, in order, are the ends and springs Of gloomy earth and misty Tartarus, … Continue Reading The Great Myths #68: The Dark Home of Night & Death (Greek)
Daedalus & Icarus (poem)
Daedalus & Icarus The old craftsman came to Cumae after a long life of art and flight, love and theft, … Continue Reading Daedalus & Icarus (poem)
The Great Myths #37: Icarus Falls (Ovid & Virgil)
But Daedalus was weary; by this time, he’d been exiled in Crete too long; he pined for his own land; … Continue Reading The Great Myths #37: Icarus Falls (Ovid & Virgil)
The Great Myths #28: Odysseus Outsmarts the Cyclops
Odysseus and friends land on the island “of the lawless outrageous Cyclopes,” one-eyed giants who know nothing of planting and … Continue Reading The Great Myths #28: Odysseus Outsmarts the Cyclops
The Great Myths #17: A Sacrifice for the Feast (Greek)
The cow came in from the field, and the companions of great-hearted Telemachos came from beside their fast black ship, … Continue Reading The Great Myths #17: A Sacrifice for the Feast (Greek)
The Great Myths #9 Wild With Divinity (Greek)
In ancient Thebes, the king, Pentheus, has refused to worship the god Dionysus; the god in turn has driven the … Continue Reading The Great Myths #9 Wild With Divinity (Greek)
Don’t Be Such a Boar
After receiving an email from a reader interested in the mythology surrounding bears, I remembered my own obsession with the … Continue Reading Don’t Be Such a Boar
