Apr 11, 2023 · In the Greek world, Apollo was first and foremost a god of prophecy and divination. Indeed, almost all of Apollo’s major temples in ancient Greece highlighted his prophetic …

Mar 8, 2023 · Apollo quickly mastered the instrument and soon was celebrated as the greatest of all musicians. Some time later, the rustic god Pan compared his music to Apollo’s. The shining …

Dec 7, 2022 · Originally, he seems to have been conceived merely as a personification of the sun. But since Helios, like the sun, was all-seeing, his range of powers gradually expanded. By the …

Sep 20, 2023 · Overview. Zeus was the supreme god of the Greeks, a mighty deity who meted out justice from atop Mount Olympus. Hailed as the father of both mortals and immortals, Zeus …

Dec 7, 2022 · After Zeus struck down Apollo’s son Asclepius with a lightning bolt, Apollo, in a fit of rage, killed the Cyclopes who had fashioned the lightning. Zeus wanted to cast Apollo into …

Mar 8, 2023 · Ovid, whose colorful account of Daphne and Apollo in the Metamorphoses would immortalize the myth, claimed that Apollo’s unrequited love was a punishment from Eros, the …

Mar 8, 2023 · Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea. An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest …

Apr 13, 2023 · Some scholars have suggested that the name “Artemis” appears in the first Greek texts, equating the goddess of the hunt with a-te-mi-to or a-te-mi-te in the Linear B script (the …

Dec 9, 2022 · A wily trickster, Mercury was the Roman god of commerce, communication, and travel. The patron of thieves, messengers, and merchants, he was also responsible for …

May 8, 2023 · Poseidon was a powerful Olympian and the Greek god of the seas, seafarers, earthquakes, and horses. Worshipped across the entirety of the Greek world, Poseidon had …