plutarch – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Fortune Smiles Upon Thee

The idea of the world of the dead as a physical location was quite common in ancient cultures, and more or less still persists today. It’s still common to think of Heaven as being up in the sky and Hell … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Celtic, Etymology, Food, Greek Mythology, History, Language, Maps, Mythology, Norse, Urban Legends | Tagged afterlife, atlantic ocean, avalon, claudius ptolemy, elysian fields, fortunate isles, heaven, helgafjell, hell, herodotus, hesperides, isles of the blest, king arthur, kronos, longitude, macaronesia, macaroni, makaron nesoi, oceanus, pliny the elder, plutarch, prime meridian, quintus sertorius, river styx |

Kratos and Barrel

While I still occasionally write about video games, I have to say it’s been a while since I’ve actually PLAYED one. I keep meaning to get back to the Dragon Quest games for the DS and some of the Sims … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Comics, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged ares, athena, atlantis, atlas, bia, clash of the titans, daimones, deimos, god of war, hephaestus, herakles, kratos, laufey, marvel comics, nike, pallas, perseus, plutarch, poseidon, prometheus, sparta, styx, titans, zeus |

Laughing All the Way to Olympus

Ye Gods!, by Tom Holt – I’m currently in the process of reading Rick Riordan’s latest book, The House of Hades, but Holt actually wrote about Greco-Roman gods and demigod heroes in the modern world before Riordan ever did. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Roman, Tom Holt | Tagged gelos, hydra, Jason Derry, jupiter, mars, plutarch, prometheus, saturn, vulcan, ye gods! |

Pan Theism

I’ve been planning for a little while to write a post on the association of Satan with goats, and the god Pan plays pretty heavily into this. Before I get to that, though, I think Pan deserves his own post, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged apollo, fauns, faunus, hermes, j.m. barrie, kenneth grahame, king midas, nymphs, pan, panes, peter pan, plutarch, satyrs, syrinx, the wind in the willows |