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Lady of the Labyrinth

Seems like I’ve mostly just been writing book reviews on here recently. I have another one pretty much ready to go, minus pictures and links, but I wanted to break it up a bit. So here’s something mythology-related I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Families, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Roman | Tagged achilles, aeetes, aphrodite, ares, argonauts, ariadne, artemis, circe, crete, dionysus, dioscuri, europa, gorgons, harmonia, helen of troy, helios, hephaestus, heracles, hercules, iphicles, karl kerenyi, king minos of crete, labyrinth, medea, minotaur, oceanus, oenopion, orphic mysteries, perse, persephone, perseus, phanos, proserpina, rhadmanthus, robert graves, semele, staphylos, tethys, theseus, titans, zeus |

These Judges Are Such Cretans

When the world of the dead is presented as a place of reward or punishment, as has become pretty standard, that generally means that someone has to decide who goes where. The Underworld of Greek mythology came to have three … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Roman, Video Games | Tagged achilles, aegina, aeneid, alcmene, androgeos, ants, apollo, apollodorus, arabian nights, aristophanes, bulls, cadmus, cerberus, cyclopes, daedalus, dante alighieri, divine comedy, eleusinian mysteries, elysian fields, europa, fortunate isles, hades, helios, hell, hera, hercules, inferno, king aeacus of aegina, king aeetes of colchis, king asterion of crete, king minos of crete, kronos, law, minotaur, myrmidons, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, pasiphae, patroclus, peleus, plato, polyphemus, poseidon, rhadamanthus, sarpedon, sinbad the sailor, the frogs, theseus, triptolemus, trojan war, underworld, virgil, zeus, zork |

From the Cosmos to Crete

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers – This story involves a crew of various species serving on a ship that makes wormholes. There’s a pretty large cast, and I can’t remember all of them. That … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Magic, Music, Mythology, october daye, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, seanan mcguire | Tagged a red-rose chain, aliens, ariadne, becky chambers, burlesque, circe, dionysus, drawing blood, fairies, helios, jennifer saint, kim boekbinder, madeline miller, molly crabapple, occupy wall street, patriarchy, phaedra, the long way to a small angry planet, theseus, zeus |

Men Are Pigs

Circe, by Madeline Miller – When I heard about this book, I knew I should probably read it, but it took me a while to get a digital copy from the library. It’s a reinterpretation of the story of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged aiaia, circe, daedalus, glaucos, gregory maguire, helios, hermes, madeline miller, minotaur, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, pasiphae, penelope, perse, prometheus, telegonus, telegony, telemachus, wicked, witches |

Little Booties Matter

The Burning Maze, by Rick Riordan – The latest in the Trials of Apollo series, which revisits characters from the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books, continues the plotline of the three resurrected Roman Emperors trying to take power. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Roman, Roman Empire, Trials of Apollo | Tagged apollo, caligula, coach gleeson hedge, grover underwood, helios, incitatus, jason grace, lucius aurelius commodus, medea, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pandai, piper mclean, satyrs, the burning maze |

Dawn, Go Away, I’m No Good for You

It’s kind of weird starting a post on this topic after eight at night, but one Greco-Roman deity I don’t think I’ve addressed before is Eos, known in Latin as Aurora, goddess of the dawn. She was considered a Titan, … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Uncategorized | Tagged achilles, aeaea, aphrodite, apollonius of rhodes, ares, astraeus, aurora, cephalus, cepheus, circe, cleitus, crius, dawn, dusk, emathion, eos, ethiopia, eurybia, helios, hercules, hesperus, hyperion, laomedon of troy, lucifer, memnon, moon, orion, phaethon, phosphorus, priam of troy, procris, selene, sun, theia, titans, tithonus, trojan war, venus, vesper, zeus |

Would You, Could You, with a Goat?

When Zeus was a baby, hidden on the island of Crete from his ravenous father Kronos, he is said to have subsisted on milk and honey. The milk was provided by the goat Amalthea, who was essentially Zeus’s nurse. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan | Tagged aegis, aex, amaltheia, ambrosia, athena, audumbla, auriga, buri, capella, capra, capricorn, cornucopia, crete, goats, gorgons, helios, medusa, melissa, melissus of crete, nectar, nymphs, ymir, zeus |

A Crew of Dunces

Speaking of ships of fools, I can’t help but think of a sort of example from Greek literature that predated Plato by some time. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus’ crew seems to be made up of a bunch of idiots. When … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Mythology | Tagged aeolus, christopher columbus, helios, homer, james loewen, lies my teacher told me, odysseus, odyssey, poseidon, thrinacia, zeus |

You Say You’ve Seen Seven Wonders

We’ve all heard of the Seven Wonders of the World, even though only one of them is still standing today. Why seven, though? I don’t know. Something about the ancient Greeks who chose it considering it a number of wholeness. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hellenistic Greece, History, Music, They Might Be Giants | Tagged alexander the great, amazons, antipater of sidon, artemis, artemisia, barossus, colossus of rhodes, croesus, flavius josephus, great pyramid, hanging gardens of babylon, helios, herodotus, lighthouse of alexandria, mausoleum at halicarnassus, mausolus, nebuchadnezzar, phidias, pyramids of giza, seven wonders of the world, statue of liberty, statue of zeus at olympia, temple of artemis at ephesus, zeus |

A Dogma in the Fight

Do science and religion contradict each other? On the face of it, I’d say no. Science is a way of finding out about how the world operates through observation and experimentation, and religion is a belief that the universe is … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Evolution, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Science | Tagged apollo, aristotle, bible, claudius ptolemy, creationism, dogma, galileo galilei, geocentrism, heliocentrism, helios, israel, jesus, lightning, mount olympus, science and religion, sun, zeus |