The heroic tale of Perseus includes many elements of the classic Greek epic-sibling rivalry, a prophecy, an unexpected birth, lust, revenge, a quest, and the inescapable nature of fate. It is, in its way, a morality tale, for it demonstrates how evil begets evil and the consequences of holding oneself as grander or cleverer than ...
People watch the Olympics today without much thought as to where they came from, different countries compete in different locations, every four years, isn’t that the way it has always been? Not quite. The Olympic games began in 776 BC in Olympia and there are two common beliefs as to why they became such a ...
I managed to download only a few pages of the Greek test of Euripides’ “Alcestis” before problems developed on the Perseus website, so the major portion of the following summary is based on a translation by Gilbert Murray presented by the Gutenberg Project. The two URLs are in the reference section below. In the introduction, ...
Greek mythology has fascinated storytellers for thousands of years. Tales of Zeus and his lightning bolt, Apollo bringing up the sun and Hermes with his winged shoes were written down hundreds of years before Jesus. Their stories are how the ancient Greeks related to the world around them when they didn’t understand what was happening. ...
It’s rare that an actor turns down the chance to return and play a main character in the sequel to a blockbuster. It’s rarer when the character is going to get more screen time and have a bigger role in the followup. Luckily for Rosamund Pike, that’s exactly what happened. Original actress Alexa Davalos decided ...
Greek Mythology affects us even today. Spiders got their scientific name from Greek Mythology. It comes from the story of Arachne and Athena. Arachne was a mortal who was very skilled in the art of weaving. She became so conceited by her ability that she challenged Athena, who was herself an extremely fine weaver, to ...
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