Poets, Playwrights, Gods, and Heroes
Read all about the fascinating world of ancient Greek mythology, drama, history, and religion with glossaries, lists, quizzes, crosswords, and more. You'll…
Poets, Playwrights, Gods, and Heroes
Read all about the fascinating world of ancient Greek mythology, drama, history, and religion with glossaries, lists, quizzes, crosswords, and more. You'll…
(Encyclopedia) Greek religion, religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Greece.
The civil strife that followed the classical period (from c.500 b.c.) placed the…
by Dan Steckenberg The term "hero" is perhaps overused today, but these guys were the originals. The mythology of ancient Greece was filled with great heroes who slew monsters,…
Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into the language is…
(Encyclopedia) Apollodorus (of Athens), fl. 2d cent. b.c., Greek scholar. He wrote many works on grammar, history, and mythology. His best-known books, only fragments of which survive, are On the…
AztecHuitzilopochtli was the god of the sun and of war. He was the patron god of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, where Mexico City now stands. The Aztecs built a great temple there in his honor…
And God Said …Theories of the UniverseEvolution vs. CreationismIt's a Matter of OpinionHow Did We Get Here?And God Said … We've already discussed some of the creation story found in Genesis as…
