#greek-mythology

Let me start by confessing something supposedly embarrassing: I’m so into Greek mythology that, for a good chunk of my teenage years, I was convinced I could totally be Aphrodite’s daughter. I mean, the

Nota de la autora: El presente relato está inspirado en el mito griego de la Tifonomaquia, una guerra entre Zeus y Tifón, hijo de Gea y Tártaro. Fuente de la imagen: Pexels "¡¿Pero qué carajo le has

Fuente de la imagen: Wikipedia Creada por Hefesto, engalanada por Atenea y Afrodita y con la mentira como don natural otorgado por Hermes. Fuiste creada como castigo a la humanidad, creación de Prometeo

SERENDIPITY Sunsets can make or break a day It's always nice to find a nice spot to just stop and look at the sunset before going home. The spectacle of colors in the horizon changing before your very

Fuente En la playa, sentado a la orilla del mar y con el libro de Crepúsculo: Amanecer en mano, Caronte estaba disfrutando de una mañana esplendorosa y tranquila luego de tantos años jalando de aquí allá

Look at Harpy Eagles in this video below, which contains a rare form inside his nest. It has been painted on the coat of Panama weapon. And this Harpy Eagle is the national bird of Panama. The largest

Die griechische Mythologie ist ein wahrer Schatz an Ereignissen. Allein die Liebschaften des Zeus und die Hinterlist seiner Gattin Hera, mit der sie gegen die nicht legitimen Nachkommen ihres Mannes zu

The Masterpiece Of Sophocles The classical play "Oedipus Rex" is an Athenian tragedy by the famous Sophocles. The story of the play is based on Greek Mythologies. Basically it was written in

The Masterpiece Of Sophocles The classical play "Oedipus Rex" is an Athenian tragedy by the famous Sophocles. The story of the play is based on Greek Mythologies. Basically it was written in

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (also know as the Rape of Proserpina), 1621-22 marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Proserpina is the Latin varient of the mythic Greek Persephone According to Greek

Echo and Narcissus Image Source Echo was a nymph who talked excessively. She was extremely attached to having the last word. One day she talked inconsiderately to the great Juno, who said that for this

Cadmus and His New City Thebes Image Source While Cadmus couldn't discover his sister, he didn't set out to go back home without her, he solicited the oracle at the shrine from Apollo what he ought to

The Loss of Europa, Daugther of King Agenor Image Source One day, a young lady called Europa was playing in a meadow near the seashore. She sat on the grass with her lap loaded with flowers, and was plaiting

Young Shepherd Endymion Image Source(direct link to img) If the plains below were dry and dark colored and dusty with the warmth of summer, on Mount Latmus all was so still and cool, so fresh and green,

The Story of the Seven Daughters of Atlas That Turn Into Pleiades Image Source Among the nymphs under Diana's training were seven sisters, the daughters of Atlas. On moonlight nights these sisters used

The Water-Nymphs Clytie Image Source Clytie and her sister, Leucothea, were water nymphs. Early every morning they used to come up from the profundities of their river, with different nymphs from neighboring

The Son of the Sun-God Phaethon Image Source Phaethon was the child of Helios, the sun-god. One could see the gleam of the sun's rays in his splendid yellow hair, and feel its glow in the blaze of his

How Did Proserpine Came Back To The Light of Her Mother's Arms? Source All those time, while Ceres had been mourning for the lost of Proserpine, she had fail to care for the little seeds that lay in the

The Sorrow of Mother Nature Ceres Image Source In the island of Sicily, high up among the mountains, there was a delightful valley, called the valley of Enna. It was from time to time that a human being,

The Legend of Peacocks Tail Image Source Argus was a watchman with a hundred eyes, circling around his head. When he rested, he close just two eyes at once, the other ninety-eight were always wide awake.