Greek and Roman gods evoked fear, awe and envy. Their names now control trillions of dollars of your money. Janus, Apollo, ...
The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.
The Tower of Babel has a surprising parallel in Greek mythology—Otus and Ephialtes’ daring attempt to reach Olympus.
The birth of the divine twins Apollo and Artemis transformed the island into ... Gold, bronze, jewels: offerings from Greek cities were piled up in the sacred storerooms. From the 4 th century ...
We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece ... Goddess of the harvest.Ares: God of war.Artemis: Goddess of hunting.Apollo: God of light, music and healing.Hephaestus: God of fire and sculpture.
The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery ... of Apollo was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Roman house in 1489. It has been at the Vatican ...
Before Mykonos became famous, tourists came trickling into the island on their way to see the ancient ... Greek legend says that this was the birthplace of Apollo (god of music and light) and ...