Introduction The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so...
Mythology
Analyzing how historical, legendary, and mythological elements are woven through the text of Beowulf? Originally published by...
The tale begins after Ra had created the world and was king of the gods and humanity....
The devil, once a part of the sacred truth, could now be seen as a fragment of...
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 7/8 × 1 7/16...
Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome / Photo by Loudon dodd, Wikimedia Commons Sage advice from the ancients...
Detail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons On January 1, we...
Illustration of the ancient palace of Malkata The grandeur that early European explorers had come to expect in...
Passing lion, brick panel from the Procession Way which ran from the Marduk temple to the Ishtar...
/ An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered...
Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. The inscription reads: “He [Uruinimgina] dug...
The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...
Sacello Ipogeico (Heroon), Paestum, Italy / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Hero cults were one of the most...
Puerto Rico: Capilla del Cristo Old San Juan / Wikimedia Commons Taking a look at the long...
With moralistic gods watching, it’s easier to be fair and cooperative. Olivier, CC BY-NC-ND For human groups to grow from small,...
Photo by bl3w, Flickr, Creative Commons Tracing the notion of ekplexis in Greek rhetoric and the connections in etymology, myth,...
Aegeus at right consults the Pythia or oracle of Delphi. Vase 440-430 BC. He was told “Do not loosen the bulging mouth of...
The limestone Pyramidion of Ramose, from the top of the tomb of the ‘Necropolis Scribe’. Scenes on all four...
“Phèdre et Hippolyte” (1802), by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin / Wikimedia Commons Classical discussions often get caught between that...
The Sebasteion, excavated in 1979-81, was a grandiose temple complex dedicated to Aphrodite and the Julio-Claudian emperors...
The Sacred Way at Delphi with the remains of the Athenians’ Treasury The Delphic Oracle belonged to...
The Triumph of Civilization / Photo by Grizzli, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Wikimedia Commons The enormous contribution of ancient...
Cylinder Seal with Griffins, Humans and a Winged Disk / Walters Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons The religions...
If we take off the cloak of reason and instead clothe with that of madness, we may...
The Pantheon in 1836, by Jakob Alt / Albertina, Wikimedia Commons Religious worship was a public affair...
Mt Etna, with Catania in the foreground / Photo by BenAveling, Wikimedia Commons Stories were used as...
Puzzling out the meaning of monsters in Beowulf, comparing the hero with Grendel, Grendel’s mother and the...
The rise of Zeus. By E.M. Berens / 05.21.2014 Cronus (Saturn) Cronus was the god of time...
Aeon-Uranus, Gaea, Carpi, Horae and Prometheus / Greco-Roman mosaic, Damascus Museum The ancient Greeks had several different...
The air god Shu, assisted by other gods, holds up Nut, the sky, as Geb, the earth,...