tithonus – VoVatia (original) (raw)

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 |

This Immortal Coil

It seems that, as long as humans have been aware of death, they’ve entertained the possibility of staving it off and living forever. It’s highly unlikely that this could ever be achieved, since everything has to wear out eventually. Actually, … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Greek Mythology, Islam, Mythology, Religion | Tagged afterlife, ahasuerus, bible, ea, eos, epic of gilgamesh, flood, genesis, gilgamesh, gospel of matthew, gulliver's travels, heaven, hell, immortality, jesus, jonathan swift, king laomedon of troy, luggnagg, muhammad al-mahdi, noah, nymphs, pontius pilate, sanhedrin, second coming, struldbruggs, strymo, titans, tithonus, twelfth imam, utnapishtim, wandering jew, zeus |