aphrodite and the beasts

zeus is the King of the Gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted 의해 Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, 또는 seated in majesty.

Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most...

This wasn't one of mythology's smarter characters. See, this dude was a hunter. A good one, too. Probably revered Artemis as much as the 다음 hunter. Maybe more. Because when he saw her, he just couldn't seem to tear himself away. And that was where the problem lay. But let me begin at the beginning.

Actaeon was the son of Autonoe, who's family was already generally cursed to be miserable. Which just sucked. But Actaeon grew up pretty decently. He was a Greek prince and a hunter taught his skills and wisdom 의해 the "good centaur" Cheiron (who was like the wisest guy ever) and so you'd think he'd...

Taken from The Greek Gods, 의해 Evslin, Evslin, & Hoopes.





Aphrodite was the goddess of 사랑 and beauty; so there are 더 많이 stories told about her than anyone else, god 또는 mortal....But all the tales agree that she is the goddess of desire, and, unlike other Olympians, is never distracted from her duties. Her work is her pleasure, her profession, her hobby. She thinks of nothing but love, and nobody expects 더 많이 of her.


She was born....From the foam rose a tall beautiful maiden, naked and dripping. Waves attended her. Poseidon's white 말 brought her to the island of Cythera. Wherever...

Perseus (Περσεύς),[note 1] the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid 다이너스티 there, was the first of the mythic 히어로즈 of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed Medusa and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster.

Marriage with Andromeda

Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Cetus, depicted on an amphora in the Altes Museum, Berlin

Perseus and Andromeda.

On the way back to Seriphos Island, Perseus stopped in the Phoenician kingdom Ethiopia, ruled...