Author: Metic

Emporion: The Greek Gateway to the Iberian Peninsula

Ἐμπόριον (English: Emporion, Empuries Catalan: Empúries) was a market, and later a city founded in today’s Catalonia, Spain in 575 BCE by Greeks from Phocaea,…
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Empúries Archaeological Museum

The small museum inside the archaeological site of Empúries (ancient Emporion) exhibits artifacts from the excavations in the vicinity, covering an…
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Epidaurus Archaeological Site

The Asklepieion of Epidaurus (Ασκληπιείον τής Επιδαύρου) is a renown ancient Greek healing center which is considered the cradle of medicinal…
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Erechtheion

While the Parthenon was the most imposing temple on the Acropolis, another building, the Erechtheion was built to accommodate the religious…
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Eretria Archaeological Museum

Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ερέτριας (Archaeological Museum of Eretria) Hosts important archaeological artifacts from excavations in ancient Eretria, Touba, Xiropoli of Lefkandi,…
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Eros (Cupid)

Eros, the god of love, could stir desire into the hearts of anyone he pleased with a simple draw and release…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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