The Encyclopedia Mythica is an on-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend. It contains thousands of article and hundreds of images and stories.

This site is designed to draw together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology.

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What We Know About Eris (not much) The Romans left a likeness of Her for posterity -- She was shown as a grotesque woman (though not, clearly, by us ) with a pale and ghastly look, Her eyes afire, Her garment ripped and torn, and as concealing a dagger in Her Bosom. Actually, most women look pale and ghastly when concealing a chilly dagger in their bosoms. Her geneology is from the Greeks and is ...

Learn about the Greek god Apollo in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Learn about the Greek goddess Hera in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Learn about the Greek god Dionysos in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Ancient Values, Modern Thoughts -- All we ask, is that you think. ...

Learn about the Greek god Ares in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Learn about the Greek god Hermes in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Learn about the Greek goddess Demeter in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Aphrodite, Golden Goddess of Love. Her gentle domain was intended to be the sweetness of love, but her adventures caused as much misery and bloodshed as any of the immortals.

Learn about the Greek god Eros in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

ANCIENT ROMAN GODS & GODDESSES At the founding of Rome, the gods were 'numina', divine manifestations, faceless, formless, but no less powerful. The idea of gods as anthropomorphized beings came later, with the influence from Etruscans and Greeks, which had human form. Some of the Roman Gods are at least as old as the founding of Rome. The concept of numen continued to exist and it was related ...

Learn about the Titans in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Learn about the Greek god Hades in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Ares, God of War. The son of Zeus and Hera. Area embodied, not just the act, but also the spirit of War.

On the Trail of the Winged God Hermes and Hermeticism Throughout the Ages by Stephan A. Hoeller There are few names to which more diverse persons and disciplines lay claim than the term Hermetic. Alchemists ancient and contemporary apply the adjective Hermetic to their art, while magicians attach the name to their ceremonies of evocation and invocation. Followers of Meister Eckhart, Raymond ...

God of the Sea, Poseidon's kingdom is the vast ocean which he has populated with creatures of his own design.

Apollon, immortal son of Zeus and Leto. He is known as the twin of Artemis and also referred to as the Striker from Afar.

Learn about the Roman god Cupid in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

By Anne Lombardi (Paper submitted to Images of Women in the Ancient World: Issues of Interpretation and Identity, Spring 1998) All lovers of classical mythology are familiar with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Unfortunately, popular culture presents Aphrodite simply as a deity of petty desires. However contrary to such belief, Aphrodite was a unique and powerful deity whose ...

Learn about the Greek goddess Eris in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ...

Hephaistos, God of the Smith, Artificer of the Olympians. With the help of his Cyclops, he hammers out lightning bolts for Zeus.

Hera, wife to Zeus, the most beautiful of the immortals. Her name appears in many stories and she is often regarded as petty and unforgiving.

T h e c l a s s i c s p a g e s e r o s' p a g e Eros - the Love God Go to Cupid and Psyche: an illustrated version of the great love story (and I mean illustrated!) On one level it is the definitive telling of a story by a master (that's Apuleius, not me!) - but it can also be interpreted as the quest of the soul (Greek psyche) for immortality. Stay here for Aspects of Love: confused about the ...

Hermograph Press presents... Our Company's Patron Deity.... Hermes The Gods work in mysterious ways....but sometimes they just gotta get the message across pretty bluntly. So, in absence of some kind of Olympus Telephone Company, who are they gonna call but the chief messenger. In Greek mythology that was Hermes. In later years, the Romans called that god Mercury. As a god, he was the ...

References from the Ancient Greek Mythographers ...

Find out about the goddess Hestia in Greek mythology ...

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Short Excerpt from Jungian author, Edward Edinger's book - The Eternal Drama ...

Zeus God of Thunder Spheres of Influence- Storms Out of all of the Olympians, Zeus was the most powerful. Zeus' father Cronus was warned that one of his offspring would dethrone him. Wanting to remain the king, Cronus began eating all of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea, Zeus' mother, saved Zeus by wrapping a blanket around a rock and presenting it to her husband, who quickly ...