Mythology

Thaumas

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…

Theseus (Θησεύς) Aegeus, king of Athens, being twice married, and having no children, was so desirous of an…

The Minotaur The Minotaur was a terrible monster with the body of a man, and the head of…

Triton and the Tritons. Triton was the only son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, but he possessed little influence,…

Tyche personified that peculiar combination of circumstances which we call luck or fortune, and was considered to be…

The ancient Greeks had several different theories with regard to the origin of the world, but the generally…

Aeolus Table of Contents According to the oldest accounts, Æolus was a king of the Æolian Islands, to…

Ruler of Heaven and Earth Zeus, (Jupiter, Ζεύς, Δίας) the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler…