Can Greek Gods Die?
The Greek Gods partake in battle quite a lot in Greek Mythology. In the Iliad, the Greek Gods directly join in the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. In …
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. …
Why Is There A Goddess Of Wisdom In Greek Mythology Instead Of A God Of Wisdom
So, this was a question that I got from a friend of mine that looked around on the internet to see what people might be talking about that I could …
Is Hekate (Hecate) A Goddess, Titan, Or Both
Hekate, What She Controls And Her Liminality In the religion of the ancient Greeks, there is a deity by the name of Hekate (also spelled Hecate). She is a deity …
Who Is Eurynome In Greek Mythology?
Who is Eurynome? The Eurynome Creation Story? Throw out everything you thought you knew about what is accepted tradition in the Greek Mythology and what isn’t. The Orphics present a …
Are Ares And Aphrodite Siblings?
The Differing Origins Of Aphrodite Aphrodite has multiple origins but the most commonly accepted origin of Aphrodite comes from Hesiod in his Theogony and he says that she was born …
How Did Hades Become The God Of The Underworld?
How Hades Got The Underworld At the end of the Titanomachy, the three sons of Cronus drew lots to see who would get the each realm to rule over. Zeus …
How Did Zeus Become The King Of The Gods?
The Cosmic Throne Zeus is the third deity, in the typically accepted cosmologies of the Greek religion, to sit on the throne that rules the cosmos. Zeus acquired this throne …
Who Is Zeus Related To?
Who Are Zeus’s Parents? Zeus is the king of the cosmos and the ruler of the Olympian Gods, but he was not always in this position. Even Zeus, as incredible …
Typhon
What is Typhon? Typhon is a monster. It cannot get any simpler than that. He is not known to be a deity of any kind, but he was produced by …