The sexual habits of the ancient Greeks have been greatly misunderstood. This happens because of the misinterpretation of the sources, 또는 the biased Christian morality. People often disagree over the specific subject and that's why average readers are often torn between two 또는 더 많이 theories, presented in such a way that each one of them can be equally convincing. Such examples of controversy are the origin of the Greeks and the Greek alphabet, as well as the alleged homosexuality of the ancient Greek society.

The sexual preferences of the Greeks were often represented in plenty of vases, dating...

The term "demigod", meaning "half god", is used to describe mythological figures whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human. A few examples of demigods include the Celtic hero Cuchulain, Sumerian king Gilgamesh (Who supposedly was actually two thirds god), Ancient-Germanic "woodsman" Ansel, and Greek hero Hercules.

GREEK DEMIGODS

Part of the dual nature of Greek 히어로즈 that gave rise to the modern "demigod" conception of them—a repeated theme in the story of their birth—is a double paternity: one father is a king of some kind, and another is a god. The hero's mother manages...

After he ascended the 왕좌, 왕위 of Crete, Minos struggled with his brothers for the right to rule. Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull, as a sign of approval. He was to sacrifice the 황소, 불 in honor of Poseidon but decided to keep it instead because of its beauty. To punish Minos, Poseidon caused Pasiphaë, Minos' wife, to fall madly in 사랑 with the 황소, 불 from the sea, the Cretan Bull.She had Daedalus, the famous architect, make a wooden cow for her. Pasiphaë climbed into the decoy in order to copulate with the white bull. The offspring of their coupling was a monster called...

Hephaestus was not the most handsome of the gods. His mother Hera, 퀸 of the Gods, had hurled him from Mount Olympus when she saw how ugly he was. His rather forceful landing left him lame and 더 많이 than a little upset at his mother. He grew up and planned revenge, eventually trapping Hera on a Golden Throne. Only after much persuasion 의해 the other Gods, and the offer of Aphrodite as a bride, did Hephaestus relent and release his mother. His reward was truly a great one, Aphrodite was the Goddess of 사랑 and none could outshine her beauty. In her honour Hephaestus forged a great palace where...

Pasiphae was 퀸 of Crete, married to Minos, but enamored of the snow-white 황소, 불 Poseidon had given her husband. Unable to restrain herself, Pasiphae prevailed upon the renowned craftsman Daedalus to construct a device 의해 which she could fool the 황소, 불 into thinking her a cow. Her plan worked; the outcome of the union between Pasiphae and the 황소, 불 was a creature with a human body, but taurine head and tail. This bull-man was the Minotaur.

Before 당신 go pitying her husband, thinking, "Poor cuckolded Minos," let me assure 당신 that Minos was not the innocent victim of divine wrath. Poseidon had...