Author: Metic

Eros (Cupid)

Eros, the god of love, could stir desire into the hearts of anyone he pleased with a simple draw and release of his enchanted arrow. By some accounts, he sprang out of the primordial chaos and brought order…
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Europa

The mortal consorts of Zeus In addition to the seven immortal wives of Zeus, he was also allied to a number of mortal maidens whom he visited under various disguises, as it was supposed that if he revealed…
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Eurynome

Eurynome was mother to the Charities (the Three Graces) with Zeus. She was daughter of the titan Oceanus. In the myths pertaining to Hephaestus, Eurynome and the goddess Thetis nursed the Olympian god when he was an infant…
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Franchthi Cave

Franchthi Cave (Φράγχθι Σπήλαιον) is an archaeological site in Argolis, Peloponnese. The cave is the best known of a very small collection of Stone Age sites in Greece. Excavations have revealed a rich unbroken record of human habitation…
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Franchthi Cave History

Franchthi Cave (Φράγχθι Σπήλαιον) in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece offers a rich unbroken record of human habitation from the Paleolithic era (at least since 38000 BCE) to the end of the Neolithic period and beyond. Location Francthi Cave is…
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Furies

The three Furies—Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto—were deities of vengeance. The Iliad depicts them as residing below Earth in the underworld where they punish evildoers. When the Titan Cronus wounded his father Uranus, the Erinyes sprung from his blood. Their office…
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Ganemedes

This handsome youth was the prince of Troy, son of Tros (or Laomedon). Because of his unusual beauty, Zeus transformed himself into an eagle and kidnapped Ganymede to serve as a cupbearer to the gods. Some sources say…
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Ge

Earth goddess or Mother Goddess Deity worshiped mainly in Mainland Greece during prehistoric times (aprox. 14th – 11th c.)
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Geography

The Mediterranean Sea The position of Greece at the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe has undeniably played a large role in its diverse and often turbulent history. Protruding from Europe, Greece hangs precariously southward from the end…
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Gigantomachy

The Division of the World Zeus and his brothers, who, having gained a complete victory over their enemies, began to consider how the world, which they had conquered, should be divided between them. At last it was settled…
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