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I’ve Had the Breath of Liars Blowing Me Off Course in My Sails

Jason and the Argonauts, by Apollonius of Rhodes, translated by Aaron Poochigan, notes by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes – Dating from the third century BCE, this epic poem, originally written in Latin, retells the classical myth in a style reminiscent of Homer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships | Tagged aaron poochigan, amycus, aphrodite, apollonius of rhodes, apsyrtus, argo, argonautica, argonauts, ariadne, atlas, benjamin acosta-hughes, boreas, calais, circe, dioscuri, eridanus, hera, heracles, hercules, homer, hylas, jason, jason and the argonauts, north wind, odysseus, odyssey, phaethon, polydeuces, theseus, witches, zetes |

Washing Your Sins Away

One recurring theme in Greek mythology is that of ritual purification for someone who’d committed a crime. There’s a pattern in some stories of a person doing a heinous act, being exiled from their home, and going to someone in … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Mythology, Religion | Tagged adrestus of phrygia, animal sacrifice, apollonius of rhodes, argonautica, atys of lydia, bellerophon, circe, copreus, crime, croesus, eurystheus, exile, hammurabi, hera, hercules, herodotus, homer, iliad, jason, laius of thebes, law, medea, murder, oedipus, oracle of delphi, proteus of argos, purification, ritual, sacrifice, thespius, zeus |

Women and Demons

Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, by Natalie Haynes – I believe I first saw this book mentioned in a list of online recommendations, but it was also discussed on the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast. It focuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christopher Moore, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, India, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Video Games | Tagged adam and eve, aesop, athena, bible, demons, dragons, epimetheus, erasmus, final fantasy vi, force of fire, gorgons, hesiod, jason, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, medea, medusa, natalie haynes, noir, pandora, pandora's jar, poseidon, prometheus, rakkhosh, razzmatazz, sayantani dasgupta, titans, zeus |

The Bible Says a Lot of Things

One thing I’ve found is that, when someone discusses the Bible from a secular perspective, there will be devout believers who get angry about it, even though no one is actually attacking their faith. I guess part of the problem … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Norse, Religion | Tagged adam and eve, archaeology, ark of the covenant, bible, biblical inerrancy, divine inspiration, enoch, exodus, hittites, israel, jason, judah, judas iscariot, king cepheus, king david, medea, nephilim, nimrod, queen cassiopeia, queen of sheba, tel dan stele, theseus, trojan war |

Salmoneus Come Up, Salmoneus Go Down

I’m sure you know about Sisyphus, but pissing off the gods was apparently a habit in his family, as evidenced by his brother Salmoneus. The two of them were grandsons of Hellen, father of the Hellenes and son of Deucalion … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged aeolians, aeolus, aeson, alcidice, corinth, cretheus, deucalion, elis, enipeus, hellen, hellenes, hera, jason, neleus, pelias, peloponnesus, poseidon, pyrrha, salmoneus, salmonius, sidero, sisyphus, thessaly, tyro, zeus |

Power Pig

While I generally think of pigs as fairly gentle domestic animals, they apparently can be quite dangerous, particularly when they’re the wild variety that you don’t see all that often in my neck of the woods. There are several Greek … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged althaea, artemis, atalante, calydon, calydonian boar, crommyonian sow, dioscuri, erymanthian boar, herakles, hercules, jason, king oeneus of calydon, meleager, pigs, theseus |

Who, What, When, Where, Wyvern

While the wyvern is now fairly standard in fantasy fiction, its exact origins are difficult to trace. It seems to have first appeared in medieval bestiaries, and to have been used heavily in heraldry. While often used to represent war … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dragon Quest, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged catherynne valente, chimera, chimera wings, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fess, halidom, heraldry, jason, lauren lynn mcgraw, medea, merry go round in oz, orpheus, troth, wyverns, wyvers |

My Venus of the Stars

Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty, which makes her sound like she should be one of the friendlier deities, but such is not necessarily the case. Like most members of the Greek pantheon, she could be helpful or … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Mythology, Philosophy, Science, Television | Tagged adonis, aeneas, anchises, aphrodite, ares, atalanta, athena, bender bending rodriguez, cinyras of cyprus, cyprus, cythera, dione, dionysus, electra, electra complex, helen of troy, hephaestus, hippolytus, hippomenes, jason, mars, medea, myrrha, oceanus, ouranos, paris, plato, poseidon, pygmalion, tethys, the beast with a billion backs, theseus, titans, trojan war, venus, zeus |

Bless My Soul, Herc Was on a Roll

We now take a look at Disney’s Hercules. The two previous animated features, while they did contain some humor, tackled some pretty serious issues. This one, on the other hand, is wacky all the way through. It’s not a total … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged achilles, alcmene, amphitryon, ares, bobcat goldthwait, burgess meredith, chiron, creon, danny devito, deimos, demons, hades, hera, herakles, hercules, james woods, jason, megara, oedipus, pain and panic, pan, philoctetes, phobos, satan, satyrs, scar, superman, zeus |

Get Ogre It

The Ogre Downstairs, by Diana Wynne Jones – This is the first book of hers I’ve finished since her death, which gives a rather melancholy feeling. Anyway, J.L. Bell recommended this as one of his favorite Jones books. I don’t … Continue reading →