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In Smith's "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.", the entry for the Pleiades states:
According to another story, the Pleiades were virgin companions of
Artemis, and, together ...
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I've been very impressed by the online archive of classical texts at theoi.com, and have been using it to verify dubious-sounding claims from e.g. Robert Graves against the text of the myths ...
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I'm interested in the origins of the conception of the World Tree and I came across a statement that many linguists think that the motive of the World Tree is not inherited from Proto-Indo-European ...
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From bleh's answer in Can the Greek Gods Be "Killed"?, I learned that Pan is dead 1:
He returned no answer to the first calls; but at the third he replied, Here ! here! I am the man. ...
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Greek gods were on Olympus.
On the top of my head, I can also name some more, like the Muses and Ganymede, but, are there other people who lived on Mount Olympus?
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The ancient Greek gods lived on the famous Mount Olympus, which is an actual mountain in Greece.
The Romans borrowed quite a bit of mythology from the Greeks, so I at first assumed that the Roman ...
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Why is the goat often associated with Satan in various religious folklore and illustrations? What makes the goat satanic?
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Why is 12 such a holy number?
7 is one of the most important number in history. It would be hard to ignore :
The seven days of the week
The seven deadly sins
The lucky 7
The ...
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The character of Zeus is well-known for seducing many women, both human and goddesses. In many of these stories, Zeus assumes a form other than his true self.
The most famous is perhaps Leda - it is ...
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I searched a lot but I couldn't find a creature that is similar to a frost phoenix or a frost bird, or a giant creature similar to a frost bird for example.
It's for a project (I like to keep real ...
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