Encyclopedia - Medea: Encyclopedia - Medea
In Greek mythology, Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis (now a territory of modern Georgia), niece of Circe, and later wife ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medea: Encyclopedia Ii - Medea - Medea In Music
Luigi Cherubini composed the opera Médée in 1797 and it is Cherubini's best known work, but better known by its Italian title, Medea. D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Medea: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Medea
Medea Daughter of AEetes of Colchis, skilled in witchcraft. Helped Jason, then fled with the Argonauts and later was betrayed by Jason...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Circe, Kirke: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Circe, Kirke
Circe Kirke (Greek) In Greek mythology, a sorceress, daughter of Helios (the sun) and the ocean nymph Perseis; she lived on the island...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Golden Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Golden Egg
Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the fleece of a ram sent by the gods to save Phrixus and Helle, son and daughter of Athamas and Neph...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: Multifaith Prayers And Poems, And A List Of Goddess Names
A beautiful assembly of poems and prayers on the theme of LOVE and TRANSCENDENCE. �We will read them during the transit tomorrow...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - M
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Fleece: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Fleece - Interpretations
Attempts have been made to interpret the Golden Fleece not just as a fanciful object in a myth but as reflecting some actual cultural obj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Llorona: Encyclopedia Ii - La Llorona - The Story
Many versions of La Llorona's origin exist. Some describe a beautiful young woman in Mexico or New Mexico, who married or was seduced by ...   » 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 - Corinth: Encyclopedia - Corinth
Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia - Shamanism
Shamanism refers to the traditional healing and religious practices of Northern Asia (Siberia) and Mongolia. By extension, the concept of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chalciope: Encyclopedia - Chalciope
Chalciope was a princess in Greek mythology, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus. Phrixus, son of Ath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ovid: Encyclopedia - Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC – Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Kerényi: Encyclopedia - Karl Kerényi
One of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Karl (Carl, Károly) Kerényi (January 19, 1897 - April 14, 1973) was born in T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creon: Encyclopedia - Creon
In Greek mythology, Creon, or Kreon ("ruler"), son of Menoeceus, was the father of Haemon and Megara by his wife, Eurydice. Also occasion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia - Child Murder
The murder of children is considered a particularly abhorrent crime in most societies; they are perceived within their communities and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pentagram: Encyclopedia - Pentagram
A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. In fact, the word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγρ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia - Euripides
Euripides (c. 480 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles. He is believed to h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achilles: Encyclopedia - Achilles
In Greek mythology, Ἀχιλλεύς, transliterated to Akhilleus or Achilleus in Roman letters, Latinized from this ancient Greek to Ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeetes: Encyclopedia - Aeetes
Aeetes (in Greek Αἰήτης) - King of Colchis (territory of modern West Georgia) in Greek mythology, Aeetes figured prominently in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegeus: Encyclopedia - Aegeus
In Greek mythology, Aegeus, also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was the father of Theseus and an Athenian King. He was the son of Pandion II a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeson: Encyclopedia - Aeson
In Greek mythology, Aeson (or Aison) was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, father of Jason and Promachus. He had a brother, Pheres, and two h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius Rhodius), librarian at Alexandria, was a Greek grammarian and epic poet, who flourished under the Ptolem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acastus: Encyclopedia - Acastus
In Greek Mythology, Acastus was one of the men who sailed with Jason and the Argonauts. His father was Pelias, then king of Ioklos who wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algeria: Encyclopedia - Algeria
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية) , or Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creusa: Encyclopedia - Creusa
In Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa. According to Pindar's 9th Pythian Ode, Creusa was a naiad and daughter of Gaia who ...   » 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 - Jason: Encyclopedia - Jason
Jason (Greek: Ίασων, Etruscan: Easun) is a hero of Greek mythology who lead the Argonauts in the search of the Golden Fleece. His fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Fleece: Encyclopedia - Golden Fleece
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is that of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσομαλλος). It figures in the tale of Jason an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group: Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group
The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallah) is a militant Islamist grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absyrtus: Encyclopedia - Absyrtus
Absyrtus (also Apsyrtus) was the son of Aeëtes and a brother of Medea. To facilitate Jason's escape from Colchis, Medea cut Absyrtus int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argonauts: Encyclopedia - Argonauts
In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his ques...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hecate: Encyclopedia - Hecate
Hecate, Hekate (Hekátē), or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth originating from Thrace, or among the Caria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atalanta: Encyclopedia - Atalanta
Atalanta ("balanced") is a character from ancient Greek mythology. She was from the Arcadia region of Greece, a daughter of Iasus or Scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athamas: Encyclopedia - Athamas
The king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology, Athamas ("rich harvest") was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hera: Encyclopedia - Hera
In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (World Book «HIHR uh») (Greek Ἥρα or Ἥρη) was the wife and sister ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Georgia-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Georgia-related Topics - 0-9
.ge ... See also:List of Georgia-related topics, List of Georgia-related topics - 0-9, List of Georgia-related topics - A, List of Geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hecate: Encyclopedia Ii - Hecate - Mythology
Despite popular belief, Hecate was not originally a Greek goddess. She is unknown to Homer and in fact the earliest written references to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Algeria-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Algeria-related Topics - List Of Unedited Articles
Rivers and lakes: Chott Melrhir, Mazafran, Oued El Harrach, Chiffa, Isser, Sebaou, Daas, Soummam, El Malah, El Hammam, Mekkera, Tafna, Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon's Teeth: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon's Teeth - Military Fortification
Dragon's teeth - World War II. Dragon's teeth (German: Höcker, "humps") were square-pyramidal fortifications of concrete used during t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Carmen Sandiego Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Carmen Sandiego Characters - V.i.l.e. Villians
The Villains International League of Evil or V.I.L.E. is dedicated to causing as much chaos around the world as possible in order for Car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Femme Fatale: Encyclopedia Ii - Femme Fatale - History
She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include the Sumerian ...   » 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 Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Literature - Ancient Greek Literature
Greek literature - Poetry. Achaeus of Eretria Agathon Alcman Alcaeus Alexander Aetolus Anacreon Anser Antimachus Anyte of Tegea Apollo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Grillparzer: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Grillparzer - Assessment
Although Grillparzer was essentially a dramatist, his lyric poetry is in the intensity of its personal note hardly inferior to Lenau's; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia Ii - Euripides - Works
Euripides - Tragedies of Euripides. Alcestis (438 BCE, second prize) Medea (431 BCE, third prize) Heracleidae (c. 430 BCE) Hippolytus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hera: Encyclopedia Ii - Hera - Cult
Hera was especially worshipped, as "Argive Hera" (Hera Argeia), at her sanctuary that stood between the former Mycenaean city-states of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Birth And The Six Labours Of Theseus
Aegeus, one of the primordial kings of Athens, found a bride at Troezen, a small city southwest of Athens, in Aethra, daughter of Troezen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Filicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Filicide - Related Terms
And as for non-familial murder terms from the same root: Regicide is the killing of a king or ruler. Tyrannicide is the killing of a tyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Books Of The Western World: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Books Of The Western World - The Works
Published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers topics including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathemat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Volumes Published
(from [1]) A tip for readers: The listings of Loeb volumes at online bookstores vary considerably. If you want to buy a volume, it is pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Opera House: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Opera House - History
Royal Opera House - The Davenant Patent. The foundation of the Royal Opera House lies in the letters patent awarded by Charles II to Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Femme Fatale: Encyclopedia Ii - Femme Fatale - History
She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include the Sumerian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intragenomic Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Intragenomic Conflict - Nuclear Genes
This section deals with conflict between nuclear genes. Intragenomic conflict - Meiotic drive. All nuclear genes in a given diploid gen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pentagram: Encyclopedia Ii - Pentagram - History
The first uses of the pentagram we know of are found in Mesopotamian writings dating to about 3000 B.C. The Sumerian pentagrams served as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shamanism - Aspects Of The Practice
Different forms of shamanism are found around the world, and practitioners are also known as medicine men or women, as well as witch doct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pier Paolo Pasolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Pier Paolo Pasolini - Biography
Pasolini was born in Bologna, traditionally the most leftist of Italian cities. He was the son of a soldier who became famous for saving ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achilles: Encyclopedia Ii - Achilles - Achilles In The Trojan War
Achilles - Telephus. When the Greeks left for the Trojan War, they accidentally stopped in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus. In the battle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygia - History
Phrygia - Bronze Age migrations. After the collapse of the Hittite Empire at the beginning of the 12th century BC, the political vacuum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Volumes Published
(from [1]) A tip for readers: The listings of Loeb volumes at online bookstores vary considerably. If you want to buy a volume, it is pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planets In Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Planets In Science Fiction - Fictional Planets
Authors have created thousands of fictional planets. Most of them are nearly indistinguishable from Earth, which is why Brian M. Stablefo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ovid: Encyclopedia Ii - Ovid - Works
Ovid - Existing and generally considered authentic with approximate dates of publication. (10 BC) Amores ('The Loves'), 5 books, about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ovid: Encyclopedia Ii - Ovid - Works
Ovid - Existing and generally considered authentic with approximate dates of publication. (10 BC) Amores ('The Loves'), 5 books, about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - The Early Years
Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the product of a union bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provinces Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Provinces Of Algeria - 1954-1962
During the Algerian War of Independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided by 6 numbered wilayas: Aures Constantine Kabyl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Seneca's Tragedies
It is impossible to determine if the tragedies were performed on stage: there is no evidence for either side. The German scholar Leo stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ofelia Guilmain: Encyclopedia Ii - Ofelia Guilmain - Biography
She was part of the Guerrillas of Theater groups in Spain setup by the Republican government. When Francisco Franco came to power she lef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Tempest Play: Encyclopedia Ii - The Tempest Play - Themes / Tropes
The Tempest play - Tempe-. The play repeatedly extols the virtues of temperance. Prospero repeatedly urges Ferdinand and Miranda to not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - The Early Years
Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the product of a union bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchis: Encyclopedia Ii - Colchis - History
Colchis - Earliest times. The area was home to the well-developed bronze culture known as the Colchian culture, related to the neighbou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medes: Encyclopedia Ii - Medes - Post Achaemenid Media
Alexander the Great occupied the satrapy of Media in the summer of 330 BC. In 328 he appointed as satrap a former general of Darius calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Biography
Born in Cordoba, Hispania (in modern Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetoricia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talos: Encyclopedia Ii - Talos - Interpretation
A political interpretation of the myth tells that Talos is the Minoan fleet armed with metallic weapons. When the Greeks from the Argo de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argonauts: Encyclopedia Ii - Argonauts - Story
Pelias, king of Iolcus in Thessaly (near the modern city of Volos), had been warned to be on his guard against a man with one shoe and, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corinth: Encyclopedia Ii - Corinth - History
Corinth - Prehistoric era. The city was founded in the Neolithic Age, circa 6000 BC. According to myth, the city was founded by Corinth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Murder - Killing By Family Members Vs. Killing By Strangers
Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintances or caretakers. Younger children are more likely to be murdered by a relative whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robinson Jeffers: Encyclopedia Ii - Robinson Jeffers - Poetic Career
In the 1920s and 1930s, at the height of his popularity, Jeffers was famous for being a tough outdoorsman, living in relative solitude an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mopsus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mopsus - Mopsus Son Of Manto And Rhacius Or Apollo
Mopsus, a celebrated prophet, son of Manto and Rhacius or Apollo. He officiated at the altars of Apollo at Claros; and from his unerring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Classical And Pre-classical Antiquity
This period of Greek literature stretches the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandeism - Recent Usage
Today, a small number of philosophers and religious scholars use this term in essays, blogs and internet forums to describe various belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Algeria - History
Main article: History of Algeria Algeria has been inhabited by Berbers (or Amazigh) since at least 10,000 BC. From 1000 BC on, the Cartha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medea Play: Encyclopedia Ii - Medea Play - Plot
The play tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. The concentrated action of the play is at Corint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Occultists: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Occultists - Famous Magicians:
Some historical or legendary magicians, wizards, witches, or people who have been claimed to be so, are: List of occultists - Classical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Armed Islamic Group - History
Early in 1992, Mansour Meliani, with many "Afghans", broke with his former friend Abdelkader Chebouti and left the MIA (Islamic Armed Mov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hera: Encyclopedia Ii - Hera - Hera And Children
Hera liked to eat cows. Hera presides over the right arrangements of the marriage and is the archetype of the union in the marriage bed, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hera: Encyclopedia Ii - Hera - Hera's Jealousies
Hera - Echo. For a time, a nymph named Echo had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus' affairs by incessantly talking. When Hera discov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Tempest Play: Encyclopedia Ii - The Tempest Play - Plot
The sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for twelve years on an island in the Adriati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - The Return
On the way back to Thessaly, Medea prophesised to Euphemus, the Argo's helmsman, that one day he would rule Libya. This came true through...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - Jason Returns
Medea, using her sorcery, claimed to Pelias' daughters that she could make their father younger by chopping him up into pieces and boilin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - The Arrival In Colchis
Jason arrived in Colchis to claim the fleece as his own. King Aeetes of Colchis promised to give it to him only if he could perform certa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - The Quest For The Golden Fleece
Jason assembled a great group of heroes and a huge ship called the Argo. Together, the heroes were known as the Argonauts. They included ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Hellenistic Age
By 338 BC all of the Greek city-states except Sparta had been conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Philip's son Alexander the Great extende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason - Argonauts In Classical Literature
Though some of the episodes of Jason's story draw on ancient material, the definitive telling, on which this account relies, is that of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Femme Fatale: Encyclopedia Ii - Femme Fatale - Famous Femmes Fatale
Both fictional and factional are listed. Femme fatale - Fictional characters. Poison Ivy Catwoman, one of whose nicknames is actually ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shamanism - History
Shamanistic practices are sometimes claimed to predate all organized religions, and certainly date back to the Neolithic period. Aspects ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Biography
Born in Corduba (presently Cordoba, Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetorician...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Reception
Although some serious classicists spurn the Loebs (which have only a minimal apparatus criticus) as amateurish, and many non-classicists,...   » 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 - Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Algeria - Language
Main article: Languages of Algeria The official language is Arabic, spoken natively in dialectal form ("Darja") by some 80% of the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Algeria - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Algeria About 90% of Algerians live in the northern, coastal area; the minority who inhabit the Sahara dese...   » Read the article