From narrowly avoiding being eaten by his father as a baby to seducing mortal women as a swan or a bull, there were some ...

Eventually, nine muses were identified, covering every branch of the arts, in the ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s introduction to Theogony, his epic poem about mythical stories and characters (circa ...

By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...

Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.

Poseidon was the brother of Zeus and Hades, and one of the primary deities in the Olympian pantheon. He had a place with the other gods atop Mt. Olympus, but he mainly stayed within his domain in the ...

Quiring, Björn 2024. Out‐Paganing the Pagans: Paradise Lost as Christian Theogony. Milton Quarterly, Vol. 58, Issue. 1-2, p. 15. In this book, Travis DeCook explores the theological and political ...

When we talk about a phalanx in a military context, we automatically think of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, with its ...

For the fifth consecutive election, Democrats swept Alexandria’s races for City Council and mayor. It’s been more than 15 years since the city has elected a Republican or independent candidate, three ...

This book covers conceptions of signification present in cuneiform word lists, esoteric syllabaries, commentaries, literary texts like Enuma elish, Gilgamesh, Hesiod's Theogony, and the Homeric Hymns ...

ACCORDING to the Cambridge Dictionary (2024), a biopic is “a film about the life ofa realperson” (Cambridge Dictionary) Abreu ...

CEDAR FALLS -- The Final Thursday Reading series will host the University of Northern Iowa's Brooke Wonders and students in ...