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.

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

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

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

And that includes a classic poet more remote than Homer. I’m referring to Hesiod. His Theogony is wild. Many today argue the humanities can benefit in life… even in business. Even if you’re ...

Field of view (FoV) is an important concept to understand whether you're a photographer or a filmmaker. When it comes to shooting, there's not only a question of what we're seeing in our image but how ...

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 ...

An epic poem that recounts the legendary events of the Trojan War, focusing on the hero Achilles. The story of Odysseus' perilous journey home after the fall of Troy, filled with mythological ...

The term eros dates back to seventh or eighth century B.C.E., when Hesiod's Theogony was published because it discusses the birth of the gods in mythology, including Eros. This type of love might show ...

Striking a balance between the ‘classic classic’ (such as Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid) and the less familiar or expected, Of Gods and Men ranges from the epic poetry of Homer to the histories ...