Mar 10, 2023 · Adonis was a young man so handsome that he earned the affections of Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself. His myth ended tragically when he was slain by a boar while hunting.

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Mar 8, 2023 · Apollo was the Roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine. Incorporated directly from the Greeks after a plague devastated Rome, he was both the bringer of …

Mar 9, 2023 · Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into …

Dec 8, 2022 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband for a …

Apr 13, 2023 · Artemis, one of the Twelve Olympians, was the Greek goddess of the hunt, nature, and wild animals. A virgin goddess, she fiercely defended her chastity.

Oct 2, 2023 · Daphnis’ story probably originated in Sicily as a variant to the Near Eastern myth of Tammuz or Adonis. He was a favorite among ancient writers of bucolic and pastoral poetry.

Mar 9, 2023 · Eros, loveliest of the Greek gods, was the personification of passion and procreation who emerged at the beginning of the cosmos. He was often imagined as Aphrodite’s companion. Later …

Jun 30, 2023 · Orpheus was the most famous musician of Greek mythology. His music had power over all living things—though he could not save his bride Eurydice from death.

Aug 30, 2023 · Achelous was the name of both the largest river in Greece—flowing from the Pindus Mountains to the Ionian Sea—and the god of that river. A child of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, …