This is an artistic depiction of people collecting a Yule Log, made by Robert Chambers.

What Is Yule About?

With the Summer Solstice right around the corner, we are now about halfway through the year. That means that there are about six months to think about what you’ll do …

A painting of Hesiod and the Muse by Gustave Moreau.

Who Is Hesiod?

Hesiod is a man who stands at the dawn of literature in Archaic Greece, a contemporary to Homer. Like Homer, Hesiod was also a poet–although he was not a rhapsode. …

Picture of an antique copy of the Iliad by Homer, a poet from Ancient Greece.

Who Is Homer?

After covering a decent amount of information that is sourced to Homer, we come to the question of who is he? In the simplest answer, Homer is a bard–a poet–from …

Mosiac Art of a lion at the Ishtar Gate

What Are Chaldeans

The Chaldeans are an interesting group from the age of Antiquity who left behind a great knowledge and culture that is similar to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. However, we …