Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology
Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apis Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Apis Greek Mythology
Apis in Greek mythology was the king of Apia a ruler in the long line of rulers of Sicyon. Historically, he was most often alleged to hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - An Overview
The scope of Greek mythology is enormous. It extends from the horrific crimes of the early gods and the bloody wars of Troy and Thebes, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragons In Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Dragons In Greek Mythology
Dragons play a role in Greek mythology. Dragons in Greek mythology - Ladon. Ladon was a dragon-like beast that was slain by Hercules as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eris: Encyclopedia Ii - Eris - Greek Mythology
In Hesiod's Works and Days 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris 'Strife' are distinguished: So, after all, there was not one kind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Apple - Greek Mythology
Golden apple - Atalanta. Three golden apples were featured in Greek Mythology, in which a hunter named Atalanta raced against a suitor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Althaea Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Althaea Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Althaea was the daughter of Thestius, wife of Oeneus and mother of Meleager, Melanippe (one of the Meleagrids), and D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia - Underworld
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Babylonian mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology
The campaign starts off with the Atlantean hero, Arkantos, discussing with the Theocrat how they are losing Poseidon's favor. Pirates the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion
Greek religion is the polytheistic religion practiced in ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus the practical counterpart of Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia - Satyr
In Greek mythology, Satyrs (Greek: Σάτυροι, Sáturoi) are mythological half-man and half-goat nature entities that roamed the wood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek Τιταν, plural Τιτανες) are among a series of gods, some of whom opposed Zeus and the O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Python Mythology: Encyclopedia - Python Mythology
In Greek mythology, Python was the oracular serpent of Delphi. It was the offspring of Gaia and the mud that was left over after the floo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chrysaor: Encyclopedia - Chrysaor
Chrysaor - Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek Χρυσάωρ, "golden falchion", from χρυσός, gold, and ἄο...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia - Helios
In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Hêlios (Greek for "the sun"), whom Homer equates with the sun tita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia - Amazons
In Greek mythology, the Ἀμαζόνες, Amazons were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a contemporary land of w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchis: Encyclopedia - Colchis
In ancient geography, Colchis (sometimes spelled also as Kolchis) (Greek: Κολχίς, kŏl´kĬs; Georgian: კოლხეთი, Kolk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pomegranate: Encyclopedia - Pomegranate
P. granatum L. P. protopunica Balf. The Pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a species of fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - An Overview
The span of stories and characters in Greek mythology is incredibly far-reaching. Events ranging from the atrocities of the early gods to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Nature And Sources Of Greek Mythology
The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Nature And Sources Of Greek Mythology
The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Theories Of Origin
In antiquity, authors like Herodotus speculated that the Greeks had borrowed their gods wholesale from the Egyptians. Later, Christian wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Theories Of Origin
In antiquity, historians such as Herodotus theorized that the Greek gods had been stolen directly from the Egyptians. Later on, Christian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Did The Greeks Believe Their Myths?
"Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - Did The Greeks Believe Their Myths?
"Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragons In Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragons In Greek Mythology - Python
Python, the oracular serpent of Delphi, was never confused with a dragon among the Greeks. It was the offspring of Gaia and the mud that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Greek Mythology
"In the Greek pantheon, the antiquity of Iris is as great as her importance is small." Daughter of 1st generation gods Electra and Thauma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of healing, li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - In Greek Mythology
Hesiod's Theogony (116ff) tells how, after Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia the everlasting foundation of the gods of Olympus. She brough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orestes Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Orestes Mythology - Greek Literature
Orestes mythology - Homer. According to the Homeric story Orestes was absent from Mycenae when his father returned from the Trojan War ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manto Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Manto Greek Mythology - Daughter Of Tiresias
Manto was the daughter of the prophet Tiresias and mother of Mopsus. During the War of the Epigoni, Manto was brought to Delphi as a war ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of the Sun mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chrysaor: Encyclopedia Ii - Chrysaor - Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek Χρυσάωρ, "golden falchion", from χρυσός, gold, and ἄορ, sword, falchion) was a gia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Mythology - The Titans In Other Greek Sources
Hesiod is not, however, the last word on the Titans. Surviving fragments of Orphic poetry in particular preserve some variations on the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia Ii - Helios - Greek Mythology
The best known story involving Helios is that of his son Phaeton, who drove the sun chariot to his own disaster. Helios was sometimes ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Satyrs In Greek Mythology And Art
In earlier Greek art Satyrs appear as old and ugly, but in later art, especially in works of the Attic school, this savage character is s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia Ii - Helios - Greek Mythology
The best known story involving Helios is that of his son Phaeton, who drove the sun chariot to his own disaster. Helios was sometimes ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchis: Encyclopedia Ii - Colchis - Colchis In Greek Mythology
According to the Greek mythology, Colchis was a fabulously wealthy land situated on the mysterious periphery of the heroic world. Here in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Amazons Of Greek Mythology
Amazons were said to have lived in Pontus,which is part of modern day Turkey near the shore of the Euxine Sea, where they formed an indep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cronus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cronus - In Greek Mythology And Early Myths
In ancient Greek myths, Cronus envied the power of his father and the ruler of the universe, Uranus. Uranus drew the enmity of Cronus' mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen - Helen In Greek Mythology
Helen - Birth. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Cast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Australian Aboriginal Mythology
In Aboriginal (Australian) mythology, the rainbow snake is the Creator (Kurreah, Andrenjinyi, Yingarna, Ngalyod et. al.) in the Dreaming,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Ancient Beliefs
Whatever the culture or continent, our species' earliest rainbow is the rainbow of the imagination. Whether as bridge, messenger, archer�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Biblical Rainbows
According to the Biblical account, after Noah saved the animals from the Great Flood, a rainbow appeared. As the flood had killed all oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Sumerian Mythology
Not all peoples have regarded the rainbow’s power as solely benevolent. A rather ambiguous perception of the rainbow strikes a vein in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Buildings
Buildings in Age of Mythology are used for a variety of purposes. They are used to train units, can be used to garrison units, or can be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Underworlds
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Aztec mythology. Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Gods
Players can choose from one of three gods of a civilization as they begin, and two Minor Gods each time they advance in age. Each Minor G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Human Units
The bulk of each civilizations' forces are made of ordinary human soldiers. Military units are classified as infantry, archers, cavalry, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Rulers Of The Underworld
(Note: this includes guardian-type creatures, ghosts, and spirits such as demons, veli, and Cerberus) Underworld - Aboriginal mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Campaign
The campaign starts off with the Atlantean hero, Arkantos, discussing with the Theocrat how they are losing Poseidon's favor. Pirates the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Heroes
A few "heroes" come with the pack (such as Achilles or Bellerophon). They are mostly Greek but a few heroes are Egyptian or Norse. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Underworlds
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Babylonian mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Rulers Of The Underworld
(Note: this includes guardian-type creatures, ghosts, and spirits such as demons, veli, and Cerberus) Underworld - Aboriginal mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Myth Units
Myth units are a new addition in the AoM series. They are units that often have special abilities that normal human soldiers do not posse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - Gaia In Neopaganism
Many modern Neopagans, particularly Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United States, actively worship Gaia. Beliefs regarding Gaia vary, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - Interpretations
Some sources, such as authors Marijas Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as the Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo-Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Worship
The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. The temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Mythology - The Titans In Hesiod
In Hesiod's Theogony the twelve Titans follow the Hundred-handers and Cyclopes as children of Ouranos, heaven, and Gaia, the Earth: "Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Mythology - The Titans In The Twentieth Century
Some scholars of the past century or so, most eloquently Jane Ellen Harrison, have argued that an initiatory or shamanic ritual underlies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eros Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eros Mythology - Conceptions Of Eros
Throughout Greek thought, there appear to be two sides to the conception of Eros; in the first, he is a primeval deity who embodies not o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Baby Satyr
Baby satyrs, or child satyrs, are mythological creatures related to the satyr. They appear in popular folklore, classical artworks, film,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Other References
In the Authorized Version of Isa. Xiii. 25, xxxiv. 14 the word "satyr" is used to render the Hebrew sh'lrlm, "hairy ones." A kind of demo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cronus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cronus - In Neopaganism
Modern Neopagans have a rather New Age view of Cronus. In particular, Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United States hold many metaphori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance In Mythology And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance In Mythology And Religion - Dance In Holy Scriptures Of Various Nations
Opinions vary greatly with respect to how Holy Books consider dancing. If anyone undertakes the articles of this section, please refrain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Mythology
Satyrs are most commonly described as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat or, less commonly, the lower half of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Satyrs In Roman Mythology
Roman satyrs were conflated in the popular and poetic imagination with Latin spirits of woodland and with the rustic spirit Pan, called t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cronus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cronus - In Roman Mythology And Later Culture
While the Greeks considered Cronus a force of chaos and disorder, believing that the Olympian gods had brought an era of peace and order ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - God Powers
God powers are special effects that benefit your empire in some way. They can help you gather resources or aid you in battle. They can on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eris: Encyclopedia Ii - Eris - Eris In Popular Culture
Eris appears on the Cartoon Network show "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" as a rival of Mandy, Grim, and Billy, voiced by Rachael...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Mythological Occurrences
Polycephaly - Greek mythology. Greek mythology contains a number of multi-headed creatures. Typhon, a vast grisly monster with a hundre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eris: Encyclopedia Ii - Eris - Eris In Popular Culture
Eris appears on the Cartoon Network show "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" as a rival of Mandy, Grim, and Billy, voiced by Rachael...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eris: Encyclopedia Ii - Eris - Discordian Mythology
Eris has been adopted as the matron deity of the modern Discordian religion. In the process, however, she has lightened up considerably i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesta Mythology - Deity
Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabine cults), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - General Plot
Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Ba'al to name the greater of them. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia Ii - Helios - Roman Mythology
Helios' Roman equivalent was Sol. On the Quirinalis, he was worshipped as Sol Indiges. The Circus Maximus housed another temple. Emperor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harpy: Encyclopedia Ii - Harpy - Theories Of Origin
R.D. Barnett suggests in "Ancient Oriental Influences on Archaic Greece" — an essay in The Aegean and the Near East, Saul S. Weinberg, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - List Of System Lords
With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - List Of System Lords
With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Religion - Early Roman Religion
Archaic Roman "mythology", at least concerning the gods, was made up not of narratives, but rather of complex interrelations between gods...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Real Occurrences
Polycephaly - Humans. Dicephalic conjoined twins are humans with two heads. Abigail and Brittany Hensel (b. 1990) in Minnesota, United...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Other Occurrences
Polycephaly - Demonology. Bune, a Great Duke of Hell with the heads of a dog, a griffin, and a man Polycephaly - Film. Ray Harryhau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - General Plot
Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Baal to name the greater of them. Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giantess: Encyclopedia Ii - Giantess - Mythical Giantesses
Image:Docu0003a.JPG Giantess - Greek mythology. Giantesses are worthy of separate discussion from male giants for a number of reasons. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia Ii - Helios - Helios And Apollo
Apollo as he appears in Homer, a plague-dealing god with a silver (not golden) bow has no solar features. But by Hellenistic times Apollo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Religion - Absorption Of Other Religions
Etruscan mythology provided the context out of which Roman culture and religious beliefs evolved. Early in the history of the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Etymology
The name Ἀμαζών is probably derived from an Iranian ethnonym, *ha-mazan-, originally meaning "warriors". A connected word is proba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Amazons In Greek Art
In works of art, combats between Amazons and Greeks are placed on the same level as and often associated with combats of Greeks and centa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Amazon-like Figures In History And Folklore
Armed women have often acted as royal bodyguards throughout history. Chandragupta Maurya (322–298 BC), the first emperor to develop a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helios: Encyclopedia Ii - Helios - Helios And Apollo
Apollo as he appears in Homer, a plague-dealing god with a silver (not golden) bow has no solar features. But by Hellenistic times Apollo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Scythian Origins
In a recent excavation of Sarmatian sites by Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball, a tomb was found wherein female warriors were buried, thus lendi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amazons: Encyclopedia Ii - Amazons - Modern Depiction Of Amazons
It has been noted that until the 20th century, Amazons were typically depicted in literature as an alien adversary that threatened the ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Apple - Golden Apples In Other Languages
In many languages, oranges are "golden apple." For example, the Greek χρυσομηλιά, and Latin pomum aurantium both literally desc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pomegranate: Encyclopedia Ii - Pomegranate - Etymology
The genus name, Punica is named after the Phoenicians, who were active in spreading its cultivation, partly for religious reasons. Its sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pomegranate: Encyclopedia Ii - Pomegranate - Cultivation And Uses
The Pomegranate has been cultivated around the Mediterranean region for several millennia. In Georgia, to the east of the Black Sea, ther...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nine Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Nine
Nine Dream Symbols: symbol for completeness and personal fulfillment. In Greek mythology nine represents the Goddess, the highest leve...   » Read the article