Heroic Healers: Chiron and the Thessalian Doctors
From the fragmentary evidence in the Iliad, two main focal points become apparent. First, Thessaly emerges as the earliest setting for a medical tradition through the references to Thessalian warriors trained in the techne of healing.
Representation Of The Gods In The Iliad By Homer: A Brief Analysis
Probably the most important text we have about Greek mythology is the Iliad of Homer and many practicing poets and literary critics have used it as a reference book of Greek mythology for centuries.
Is Really Achilles a Hero?
I will look at these values and examine how they affect Achilles
Ancient Spellcasting
This dichotomy is clearly the partial result of the ancients
Girls are wicked: gender and magic
In Greek and Roman literature, we find lots of similar figures. Women from the Greek region of Thessaly, for example, were known for their ability to bring down the moon from the sky.
Heracles and the Foundings of Sparta and Rome
The Greeks and Romans were as defined by their religion as they were by their language. Naturally, the objects of Greco-Roman theology, the gods, heroes, and stories that were told of them, were seminal for the political structure of the ancient world that they permeated.
The Egyptian Myth of Isis and Osiris
We will investigate the truths concealed within the ancient myth of Isis and Osiris, which is perhaps the best known story in Egyptian mythology.
On the Bravery of Women: The Ancient Amazon and Her Modern Counterparts
The vision of women armed and marching into battle against male opponents appeared to exert an intriguing influence on the culture that conceived such a myth; in turn, the Amazons continued to be popular through Roman times…
Romulus, Remus and the Foundation of Rome
Besides Aeneas, there were always Romulus and Remus. The existence of this second foundation myth posed two important problems to scholars. How strong were its credentials, and how should it be analysed?
Ancient Amazons – Heroes, Outsiders or Women?
Ancient Amazons – Heroes, Outsiders or Women? By Lorna Hardwick Greece and Rome, Vol.37:1 (1990) Abstract: The network of associations of the word…