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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…

The three Furies—Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto—were deities of vengeance. The Iliad depicts them as residing below Earth in the underworld…

This handsome youth was the prince of Troy, son of Tros (or Laomedon). Because of his unusual beauty,…

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

The Division of the World Zeus and his brothers, who, having gained a complete victory over their enemies,…

Several deities in Greek mythology possessed the name Glaucus. He was a minor god of the sea endowed…

The Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the three daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, and were the personification…

The Grææ, who acted as servants to their sisters the Gorgons, were also three in number; their names…

The ancient Greek spiritual beliefs, religion, and oral tradition are all reflected and formulated through rich myths and…

Hades ᾍδης (Aïdes, Aïdoneus, or Hades), was the son of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest brother of…

The Harpies, who, like the Furies, were employed by the gods as instruments for the punishment of the…

A masterpiece of low relief sculpture The Harvester Vase is a rhyton from Bronze Age Crete, Greece, unearthed…