Category Archives: Roman

Back to Rome

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan – The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series has the parties from the first two join forces to fight the forces of Gaea. While this means people from Camp Half-Blood and … Continue reading →

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Mayhem in the Mythosphere

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

The Game, by Diana Wynne Jones – Another story from Jones dealing with mythology, this time focusing largely on the Greco-Roman, but bringing in other cultures as well. A girl named Hayley learns from her grandfather about the mythosphere, a … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Befana?

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

Tonight, we’ll take a look at an Italian Christmas tradition. No, not Dominick the Donkey. It’s the Befana, a witch on a broomstick who gives presents to children. Like Santa Claus, she enters a house through a chimney, and leaves … Continue reading →

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Romans Go to Camp Jupiter to Get More Stupider

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

The Son of Neptune, by Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson, star of Riordan’s earlier series, is back, but with his memory removed. He finds himself in California at Camp Jupiter, where the Roman demigods have their own society. The Roman … Continue reading →

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The Doctor Is In

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

One god who doesn’t get discussed all that much but has had a lasting impact on our culture is Asclepius, the god of physicians. Actually, early sources, such as the Homeric Hymns, refer to him not as a god, but … Continue reading →

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A Trojan in Italy

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Does the Aeneid count as Homeric fanfiction? I mean, it pretty much follows up the Iliad and Odyssey exactly, using some of the same characters and situations. Like Odysseus, Aeneas encounters Polyphemus the Cyclops and visits the world of the … Continue reading →

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The Solar System Really Turns Me On

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Is there a link between the seven-day week and the visible planets, as the names of the days indicate? I’d seen it suggested that this connection dates back to the Babylonians, as they had a seven-day week and had identified … Continue reading →

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All Gods Are Our Gods

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

The ancient Greeks had a tendency of associating the gods of foreign pantheons with their own. This was something I noticed when I read Herodotus back in college, and came across a reference to Ahura Mazda as “the Persian Zeus.” … Continue reading →

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For Great Justice

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

We’re all familiar with the depiction of Justice as a blindfolded woman holding scales. As with a lot of anthropomorphic personifications, this image largely derives from Greco-Roman mythology, but from a few different deities. The first relevant goddess is Themis, … Continue reading →

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Not Built in a Day

Posted on January 1, 2011 by

Since the date of our New Year dates back to the Romans, what better to write about today than the myths surrounding the founding of Rome? Of course, the year didn’t start on the first of January at that point. … Continue reading →

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