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Roland in the Deep

I think I first heard of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in a blurb about C.S. Lewis comparing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to it. Well, they do both have a magic ring that makes people invisible, and a monster … Continue reading →

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Amazon Primer

While warfare has traditionally been considered a masculine pursuit, Greek legend contains accounts of the Amazons, an all-female tribe of powerful warriors. While they were often said to live in Asia Minor, they were sometimes located in Africa or modern-day … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Exploration, Authors, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Gender, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Mythology, Oz, Rick Riordan, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged achilles, alexander the great, amazons, bellerophon, dc comics, dragon quest iv, femiscyra, final fantasy iv, francisco de orellano, gargareans, gerudo, hercules, herodotus, hippolyte, penthesileia, priam, thalestris, themiscyra, theseus, troia, trojan war, troy, wonder woman |

The Flying Avengers of the Greco-Roman World

Greco-Roman mythology is full of trios of scary women. I’m not sure how that meme got started, but you have the Gorgons, the Graeae, and the Fates. Another three dangerous females are the Furies, the Latin name for the Erinyes … Continue reading →

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