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“Bury my body and don’t build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.” —Alexander the Great 356–323BCE”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“The Gods do not dwell in the sky above, as in most other mythologies, but in manmade temples during their lives and then in giant pyramids when they move into the Underworld.”
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
“How the gods must have chuckled when they added Hope to the evils
with which they filled Pandora’s box, for they knew very well
that this was the cruelest evil of them all, since it is
Hope that lures mankind to endure its misery to the end.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
with which they filled Pandora’s box, for they knew very well
that this was the cruelest evil of them all, since it is
Hope that lures mankind to endure its misery to the end.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“construction – and how they were aligned so precisely with the aid of astronomy – leave us with more questions than answers. Like anything the Egyptians did, there were many rituals surrounding the building of a pyramid tomb. The first ritual, dating back to the 2nd dynasty, was called “stretching the cord” and it was done at night. The building was precisely aligned by careful astronomical observations. There are several ways in which this could have been done. A tool called a “market” or “merket” could have been used.”
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Four rivers of milk flowed from her teats which sustained Ymir, who fell asleep after drinking large quantities of her milk. As he slept, two giants, one male and one female, grew from the sweat under Ymir’s left armpit. Some versions of the myth say that one giant came from each armpit. Even more startlingly, his legs parted, creating a son called Thrudgelmir or “Strength Yeller.” In one version it was actually a six-headed son that grew out of his feet. However it happened, this was the first of the Frost Giants or the Jotuns. Audhumbla,”
― Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide
“lightning bolts and thunder.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“The hard stones started to soften and change shape and take on life: Deucalion’s stones became men and Pyrrha’s stones became women, thus restoring mankind.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“He is more than a hero he is a god in my eyes- the man who is allowed to sit beside you - he who listens intimately to the sweet murmur of your voice, the enticing laughter that makes my own heart beat fast. If I meet you suddenly, I can't speak - my tongue is broken; a thin flame runs under my skin; seeing nothing, hearing only my own ears drumming, I drip with sweat; trembling shakes my body and I turn paler than dry grass. At such times death isn't far from me.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Hymn to Athena “I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it," said Aristotle.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“rife”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“I can't teach anybody anything; I can only make them think." Socrates”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.” —Joseph Campbell;”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Hades gave Persephone a pomegranate to eat; this induced a spell which compelled her to return to Hades, for three months every year to visit him. This brings our winter, as Demeter once again grieves the loss of her special child.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Audhumbla, the giant cow, sustained herself by licking the salt from the rocks.”
― Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide
“we created myths to explain our environment to ourselves and to make sense of our experiences, to answer the question about where we came from, who we are and how we can be happy.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it,” said Aristotle.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Hymn to Athena “I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed.” —Homer”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Bury my body and don't build any monument.
Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world
had nothing in hand when he died."
—Alexander the Great 356-323BCE”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world
had nothing in hand when he died."
—Alexander the Great 356-323BCE”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods?”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Bury my body and don’t build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.” —Alexander the Great 356–323BCE Chapter Two The Sources Of Greek Mythology The Greeks were polytheistic and as a result of the extensive and varied geographical nature of the burgeoning civilization, the myths that evolved included many variations–even more than usually expected in an oral tradition. There was no one sacred text to follow and no formal religious or social structure – each little settlement or village had their own favorite gods, and sometimes there were conflicting interpretations of popular myths. Mythography was certainly taught at schools, and by 500 BCE there were “handbooks” of myths collected by various people. There are several ancient texts which are pivotal to our understanding of this time. One of the most important, “The Iliad”, is an epic poem written in 750 BCE by Homer. It recounts the story of the end of the Trojan War and is one of the major sources for our understanding of the times. Homer’s other great work.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. There was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many tribes, a wrecker of mead-benches, rampaging among foes. A foundling to start with, he would flourish later on. In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute. That was one good king." —BEOWULF We”
― Vikings: A Concise History of the Vikings
― Vikings: A Concise History of the Vikings
“Strength will be right and reverence will cease to be; and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking false words against him, and will swear an oath upon them.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Gaia and Uranus are the Cyclopes; they are also huge and powerful and were the first blacksmiths. The three Cyclopes were known as Steropes, Brontes and Argus.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.” —Joseph Campbell; American mythologist 1904-1987”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“plenty of land as the river was normally about 2 miles wide; during inundation, it could be anything from 5 to 10 miles across! One could get from Aswan to Alexandria in two weeks by Nile while it was in flood – in the dry season, it would take two months.”
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide
“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“How the gods must have chuckled when they added Hope to the evils with which they filled Pandora's box, for they knew very well that this was the cruelest evil of them all, since it is Hope that lures mankind to endure its misery to the end." —W. Somerset Maugham; British author 1874–1965”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
“There were rituals that sometimes involved animal sacrifices, but there is no record of human sacrifices.”
― Vikings: A Concise History of the Vikings
― Vikings: A Concise History of the Vikings
“omphalos stone, is enshrined at the Delphi Shrine to this day; while there are”
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
― Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide
