Ziad Shihab

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Ares Family

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Ares Family (person) See all of Ares Family, no other writeups in this node. (person) by zetes Mon Nov 06 2000 at 12:54:43 Ares Family Chart Family of Ares, god of war, according to Greek Mythology. See also: Titans and Olympians Zeus -&- Hera (their only offspring) Ares -&- (many mates, listed below with offspring) -&- Demonice (Daughter of Calydonian lord Agenor) Evenus -&- ?? ...

Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Was the Minotaur Real?

Half-man and half-bull, the monstrous Minotaur was a beast to behold. With the head of a human and the lower body of a bull, the Minotaur legend has roots in a time when Zeus and the pantheon of Greek Gods ruled the universe. Best known from the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the story was always a legend, but is there some truth to it?   The Legend of Theseus and the Minotaur The Minotaur, black-figure pottery, 515 B.C. via the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture ...

On the divine triad of Poseideon

Poseideon is the sixth month of the Hellenic calendar and we are slowly moving towards it. Poseideon is a special month; it was the month that would have been repeated (in a minor way) should the ancient calendar not line up with the phases of the moon (which it didn't, after a while). You can read more about that here as it is beyond the scope of this post. What I would like to talk to you about today is the divine triad that oversaw Poseideon (the quartet, actually, but we'll get to that) a...

The Non-Athenian Foundation of the Modern West

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." ~ Zeus didn’t say this. He didn’t care about the meek. When Zeus threw his thunderbolts, the meek would die with the evil. The thunderbolts of Zeus do not differentiate between the meek and the evil. The deceptions of Zeus are legendary. His sexual conquests, mostly through the use of deception, include: Hera, Aegina, Alcmene, Antiope, Callisto, Danae, Io, Nemesis, Europa, Ganymede, Leda, Metis, and other women of antiquity. There is no...

KRONOS ANANKE ZEUS

CRONUS (Kronos) - Greek Titan God of Time, King of the Titans (Roman Saturn) OkThis website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. More info.Cookie Consent plugin for the EU cookie law . Toggle navigation Theoi Project - Greek Mythology HOME OLYMPIANS Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Asclepius Charites Eros Hebe Horae Iris Muses Nike more >> OTHER GODS Primordial Gods Sky Gods Se...