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2 days ago · Diplomatic use of myths. The Argead dynasty of Macedon employed myths from the onset of their Greek campaign to reinforce their rule. Their descent from Hercules, a hero revered across the Greek world, was a significant diplomatic asset. One example comes from Isocrates, an Athenian orator at the time of Alexander’s father, Philip.
2 days ago · Dionysus in Greek mythology is a god of foreign origin, and while Mount Nysa is a mythological location, it is invariably set far away to the east or to the south. The Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysus places it "far from Phoenicia, near to the Egyptian stream". [241]
1 day ago · Odyssey. The Odyssey ( / ˈɒdɪsi /; [ 1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized : Odýsseia) [ 2][ 3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero ...
1 day ago · The myth of Pygmalion is first mentioned by the third-century BC Greek writer Philostephanus of Cyrene, [175] [176] but is first recounted in detail in Ovid's Metamorphoses. [175] According to Ovid, Pygmalion was an exceedingly handsome sculptor from the island of Cyprus, who was so sickened by the immorality of women that he refused to marry.
4 days ago · Centaur, in Greek mythology, a race of creatures, part horse and part man, dwelling in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia.Traditionally they were the offspring of Ixion, king of the neighbouring Lapiths, and were best known for their fight (centauromachy) with the Lapiths, which resulted from their attempt to carry off the bride of Pirithous, son and successor of Ixion.
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5 days ago · Themis, in Greek religion, personification of justice, goddess of wisdom and good counsel, and the interpreter of the gods’ will.According to Hesiod’s Theogony, she was the daughter of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth), although at times she was apparently identified with Gaea, as in Aeschylus’s Eumenides and Prometheus Bound.
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3 days ago · Ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 BCE, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BCE. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed a legacy with unparalleled influence on Western civilization.
