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Welcome to Greek Mythology
Greek mythology comprises the collected legends about Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of greek mythology are either transcriptions of this spoken word, or are later literary reworkings.
In the various greek mythology legends, stories and hymns, the gods of ancient Greece are nearly all described as human in appearance, unaging, nearly immune to all wounds and sickness, capable of becoming invisible, able to travel vast distances almost instantly, and able to speak through human beings with or without their knowledge.
Each character in greek mythology has his or her own specific appearance, genaeology, interests, personality, and area of expertise; however, these descriptions do have local variants that do not always agree with the descriptions used in other parts of the Greek-speaking world of the time. When these greek mythology gods were called upon in poetry or prayer, they are referred to by a combination of their name and epithets, with the epithets identifying them by these distinctions from the other gods.
In greek mythology legends, these beings are described as a large multi-generational family. Their oldest members created the world as we know it. The generation of the gods most current (and relevant) to ancient Greek religion are described in epic poems as having appeared in person to the Greeks during the "age of heroes," understood to be a reference to the archaic dark age (ca. 1200 BC to 800 BC) that preceded the Greek classical civilization. These greek mythology gods provided the struggling ancestors of the Greeks with a limited number of miracles, taught them a selection of useful skills, taught them the methods of worshipping the gods, rewarded virtue and punished vice, and fathered children by humans.
These half-human, half divine children are collectively known as "the heroes" in greek mythology, and until the establishment of democracy their descendents claimed the right to rule on the basis of their divine ancestry and presumed divinely inherited ability to rule well.
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 Mythology Charts: Greek Dieties Chart (8049 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Wednesday, October 26 @ 16:11:44 PDT
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| Here is a chart of many Greek dieties, along with an explanation of who they are and their family relationships.
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 Posters / Art Prints: Greek / Roman Mythology Art Prints & Posters (8218 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Sunday, October 17 @ 14:55:38 PDT
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Greek / Roman Mythology Art Prints & Posters
.. KEYWORDS: greek mythology poster roman mythology posters mythology art prints art print
This page contains posters and art prints with a Greek or Roman mythology theme.
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 Troy: The city of Troy is best known for the Trojan War (3857 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:38:56 PDT
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The city of Troy is best known for the Trojan War.. KEYWORDS: Troy trojans ancient Greece trojan war mystical places, mystical place Illium Ilion Ilios allies of the trojans trojan horse King Priam Queen Hecuba Prince Paris Troad
royalty of ancient Troy other names for Troy
Troy is a Phrygian city in northwestern Asia Minor in the region called the Troad. The people are called Trojans, and was perhaps best known for the Trojan War.
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Thebes: In 290 BC Thebes fell (1532 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:24:25 PDT
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In 290 BC Thebes fell.. KEYWORDS: thebes 290B.C. 290 BC 290BC mystical places greek mythology Hellenistic period
In 290 BC Thebes fell, as did many other cities, in the hands of Macedonian, Demetrios Poliorketes.
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Thebes: Thebans defeated the Spartans in the Battle of Koronea (1984 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:20:34 PDT
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Thebans defeated the Spartans in the Battle of Koronea.. KEYWORDS: thebans spartans battle of koronea history of thebes
Thebans were always good soldiers, but in the battle of Koronea, which took place in August of 394 BC, they proved that they could defeat even the Spartans.
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 Thebes: The Epigonoi put Thersander on the throne of Thebes (1809 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:16:30 PDT
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The Epigonoi put Thersander on the throne of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: epigonoi thersander throne of thebes
Ten years after Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne, Adrastos returned to Thebes with the sons of the slain chiefs.
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Thebes: Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne (1097 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:12:33 PDT
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Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne.. KEYWORDS: Adrastos Thebes Polyneikes throne of thebes
After the death of Oedipus, the two brothers, Eteokles and Polyneikes, agreed to rule Thebes for one year, in turn.
Bat the end of the first year, when Plyneikes should have started his turn, Eteokles refused to surrender the throne.
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