The glorious egg, with its deep links to Creation mythology, is one of the oldest symbols of life and rebirth known to us. Many gods, demons and heroes have sprung from eggs. It’s a symbol of new life in cultures as far apart as Polynesian, Chinese, Phoenician, Egyptian and Greek and represents resurrection in Christian belief. Seguir leyendo »

It was at the wedding feast of Peleus and the unhappy Thetis that the trouble all started. Seguir leyendo »

All the constellations that festoon the heavens, the Pleiades and the Hyades and the strength of Orion and the Bear
— Homer

Like Homer, we still look up and marvel at the Pleiades. Seguir leyendo »

Patroness of singers, protectress of young girls, Artemis dances through the countryside in her silver sandals giving her divine protection to the wild beasts, and at night she rides her silver chariot across the sky shooting her arrows of silver moonlight to the earth below. Seguir leyendo »

Leto, daughter of Titans, became a lover of Zeus and when Hera found out, she was furious. By this time Leto was pregnant, and Hera commanded every country, province and spot of land to refuse refuge to Leto when the time came for childbirth. Seguir leyendo »

Prometheus was a Titan who rebelled against Zeus (see Zeus, first among the Gods), and tried to deceive him. For this crime Zeus inflicted a terrible fearful punishment, but it was not carried out on Prometheus alone, the Ruler of the Olympians punished the entire world. Seguir leyendo »

Ganymede, handsomest of mortals,
caught up to pour out drink for Zeus and live
amid immortals for his beauty’s sake
Homer

In earlier days, all Greeks were familiar with the tales that told of the many affairs of Zeus, of the ill-fated love of Apollo and Hyacinth, of Achilles and Patroclus, and of many other such passionate friendships between gods or heroes and handsome youths. These stories are not so popular today and many in these modern times have forgotten Ganymede, the most beautiful boy in the world. Seguir leyendo »

Zeus was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus with titles like Lord of the Sky, Cloud- gatherer, Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer. He was mighty, glorious, awesome, wise and mythology’s most well-known philanderer. Seguir leyendo »