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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…