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Sirens

The Sirens Σειρήνες (The Sirens) would appear to have been personifications of those numerous rocks and unseen dangers,…

The Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Σητεία, Siteia) houses a large number of Paleolithic, Minoan, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman…

Sounion (Σούνιον; modern Greek: Σούνιο) is the southernmost point of Attica to the east, about 40 miles from Athens.…

The sanctuary of Athena Sounias (nominative singular case: Αθηνά Σουνιάς; genitive singular case: Ναός της Αθηνάς Σουνιάδος; Often…

Egyptian Deity The Sphinx was an ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, and the fertility of nature. She…

Central among the number of imposing ruins that are interspersed on the southern slopes of Parnassos mountain is…

The small temple of Athena Nike is perched above the ascent to the Acropolis, and is visible as…

Ἡφαιστεῖον. Also transliterated as: Hephaisteion, Hephaesteion The Temple of Hephaistos (Greek: Ναός του Ηφαίστου), also known as the…

Archaeological evidence indicates that Sounion was a sacred area as far back as the Bronze Age, but the temple visible…

Thanatos and Hypnos Thanatos (Death) and his twin-brother Hypnus (Sleep) were the children of Nyx. Their dwelling was…

The early Greeks, with their extraordinary power of personifying all and every attribute of Nature, gave a distinct…

Themis Θέμις (Themis), was the goddess of Justice, Law, and Order. Themis, who has already been alluded to…