last week Netflix dropped the third season of the show Blood of Zeus and it immediatly followed the events of the final of season 2 where Typhon was released by Gaia. It is clear that the writers drew their material directly from the Gigantomachia where Gaia was the instigator and first released Typhon to go…
the ancient Greeks did not place the origin and creation of mankind central in their religion. They saw that mankind was part of nature, made by the Gods. Some like Orphics delved into the origins of mankind and its sin. Most sources seem to the agree that they thought that Prometheus, the Titan of forethought…
TO JUPITER [ZEUS] These are Orphic hymns, but the Roman versions of it. Which is ok. Its still to the same deity, in my opion. Like I did with other Orphic hymns to other deities, I will do the same here. The Fumigation from Storax. O Jove much-honor’d, Jove [Zeus] supremely great, to thee…
Herakles is quite famous & perhaps even more under his Roman name of Hercules. Movies, tv shows, plays were made of him. He shows up in plays, books, comics, etc.. The portrayal of the God is rather one-dimensional at best. Herakles is a complex figure in Hellenic mythology and religion. He is known for his…
There is alot of talk about Christians , Muslims and perhaps even Jews facing discrimination for their beliefs, while its rarely so for Christians except perhaps in Muslim countries. In strict Christian regions or countries like Greece, some parts of USA, polytheists face religious discrimination and backlash for their beliefs. Discrimination for any reason…
Heavenly, smiling Aphrodite, praised in many hymns, sea-born, revered goddess of generation, you like the nightlong revel and you couple lovers at night, O scheming mother of Necessity. Everything comes from you; you have yoked the world, and you control all three realms. You give birth to all, to everything in heaven, upon the fruitful…
After seeing the season 3 finale twice now, i will review the series. Each season has 10 episodes Season 4 is announced, so the story continues so that is good news. so like I said, spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen it yet and haven’t seen the finale either. If you haven’t heard…
8 years ago I started learning Russian. Its not just a different language, but with different intonations, different way of speaking, different alphabet. Its been a wonderful journey that I’m on and I still enjoy it even though there are huge difficulties learning it. Imperfective vs perfective verbs.Those are tricky. The difference is something easy…
Persephone, Daughter of Zeus, blessed Only begotten, gracious Goddess, receive this good offering, Much honoured, you, overpowered by Pluto, you are beloved and lifegiving, You hold the doors of Hades under the depths of the earth; Transactor of Justice, your beloved hair the sacred olive branch of the enemy Mother of the Eumenides, Queen of…
I didn’t knew that Hekate had so many epithets. Wow. I learned something new here. There are some epithets that overlap with other Gods like the epithets: Eileithyia – which is the name of another Goddess, Despoina, like Kore is also a epithet used for other Gods like Persephone and Androphonos is also used with…