One of the main reasons people stopped worshipping the Greek gods and their Roman counterparts was the rise of Christianity. Christianity is an exclusive faith and was incompatible with the ancient...
Category: Greek Mythology
It’s something common across sculpture, paintings, and mosaics – when the Greek gods are depicted in human form, they are commonly portrayed as white or, at the very least, what we would think of...
Scholars, stories, and even movies often depict the Greek gods with just a single name. That’s because Greek gods have only one name, as was common in Greek culture at that time. Greek gods...
Greek mythology is full of fascinating stories that have captured the human imagination for millennia. But some of the stories contain elements that may confuse or disgust modern readers. For...
Greek mythology is full of interesting characters, mortal and immortal alike. From a modern perspective, the gods of Greek mythology may seem strange and fickle. But to the ancient Greeks, the gods...
From Percy Jackson to God of War to Hadestown, the Greek gods and the myths surrounding them fascinate and entertain modern readers, despite these stories being thousands of years old. But why do...