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Tag Archives: theseus
Lady of the Labyrinth
Seems like I’ve mostly just been writing book reviews on here recently. I have another one pretty much ready to go, minus pictures and links, but I wanted to break it up a bit. So here’s something mythology-related I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Families, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Roman
Tagged achilles, aeetes, aphrodite, ares, argonauts, ariadne, artemis, circe, crete, dionysus, dioscuri, europa, gorgons, harmonia, helen of troy, helios, hephaestus, heracles, hercules, iphicles, karl kerenyi, king minos of crete, labyrinth, medea, minotaur, oceanus, oenopion, orphic mysteries, perse, persephone, perseus, phanos, proserpina, rhadmanthus, robert graves, semele, staphylos, tethys, theseus, titans, zeus
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These Judges Are Such Cretans
When the world of the dead is presented as a place of reward or punishment, as has become pretty standard, that generally means that someone has to decide who goes where. The Underworld of Greek mythology came to have three … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Roman, Video Games
Tagged achilles, aegina, aeneid, alcmene, androgeos, ants, apollo, apollodorus, arabian nights, aristophanes, bulls, cadmus, cerberus, cyclopes, daedalus, dante alighieri, divine comedy, eleusinian mysteries, elysian fields, europa, fortunate isles, hades, helios, hell, hera, hercules, inferno, king aeacus of aegina, king aeetes of colchis, king asterion of crete, king minos of crete, kronos, law, minotaur, myrmidons, nymphs, odysseus, odyssey, pasiphae, patroclus, peleus, plato, polyphemus, poseidon, rhadamanthus, sarpedon, sinbad the sailor, the frogs, theseus, triptolemus, trojan war, underworld, virgil, zeus, zork
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From the Cosmos to Crete
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers – This story involves a crew of various species serving on a ship that makes wormholes. There’s a pretty large cast, and I can’t remember all of them. That … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Magic, Music, Mythology, october daye, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, seanan mcguire
Tagged a red-rose chain, aliens, ariadne, becky chambers, burlesque, circe, dionysus, drawing blood, fairies, helios, jennifer saint, kim boekbinder, madeline miller, molly crabapple, occupy wall street, patriarchy, phaedra, the long way to a small angry planet, theseus, zeus
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This Life Is for Squirrels
Shakespeare for Squirrels, by Christopher Moore – The third of the author’s Shakespeare parodies, after Fool and The Serpent of Venice, takes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m interested in this play as it’s sort of a mythological crossover, mixing … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, Buddhism, Christopher Moore, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Religion, Video Games, William Shakespeare
Tagged a midsummer night's dream, atlas, belial, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, erdrick, fairies, fool, hamlet, hargon, hippolyta, milly, nick bottom, oberon, pazuzu, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess of moonbrooke, satori, shakespeare for squirrels, slimes, terry, the serpent of venice, theseus, titania
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The Bible Says a Lot of Things
One thing I’ve found is that, when someone discusses the Bible from a secular perspective, there will be devout believers who get angry about it, even though no one is actually attacking their faith. I guess part of the problem … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Middle East, Mythology, Norse, Religion
Tagged adam and eve, archaeology, ark of the covenant, bible, biblical inerrancy, divine inspiration, enoch, exodus, hittites, israel, jason, judah, judas iscariot, king cepheus, king david, medea, nephilim, nimrod, queen cassiopeia, queen of sheba, tel dan stele, theseus, trojan war
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Left, Right, and Centaur
In an old post, I discussed some beings from mythology that are part human and part animal. The most famous of this bunch are probably the centaurs, and I mentioned how they’re sometimes portrayed as wild, orgiastic creatures, and other … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, Heroes of Olympus, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Percy Jackson, Piers Anthony, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Rick Riordan
Tagged achilles, ajax, apollo, centaurs, chiron, deineira, dolores umbridge, endeis, equinots, fantasia, herakles, ichthyocentaurs, ixion, j.k. rowling, kronos, lapiths, mount pelius, nessus, nymphs, oceanids, peleus, philyra, pirithous, prince caspian, prometheus, rape, sagittarius, silenus, telamon, the hidden valley of oz, the magician's nephew, theseus, thetis, xanth
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The Godchildren
Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes, by Rick Riordan – The follow-up to Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods has Riordan’s own demigod hero retelling the tales of the human heroes of the ancient Greek world with plenty of snide comments and anachronisms. All … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Greek Mythology, Magnus Chase, Mythology, Norse, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan
Tagged annabeth chase, beta ray bill, dwarves, elves, fenris, freyr, hercules, high evolutionary, john rocco, marvel comics, mimir, odin, percy jackson's greek gods, percy jackson's greek heroes, surtur, the black galaxy saga, the sword of summer, theseus, thor, valhalla, valkyries, walter simonson, ymir
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You Should Sea This Lady
I attended the Coney Island Mermaid Parade today, and I noticed that the King and Queen of the Parade are referred to as King Neptune and Queen Mermaid. Doesn’t seem entirely congruent, but there you go. I’m not sure why … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology
Tagged amphitrite, atlas, benthesikyme, coney island mermaid parade, delphinus, neptune, nereids, nereus, nymphs, oceanids, oceanus, poseidon, rhode, salacia, scylla, theseus, triton
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Power Pig
While I generally think of pigs as fairly gentle domestic animals, they apparently can be quite dangerous, particularly when they’re the wild variety that you don’t see all that often in my neck of the woods. There are several Greek … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Authors, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan
Tagged althaea, artemis, atalante, calydon, calydonian boar, crommyonian sow, dioscuri, erymanthian boar, herakles, hercules, jason, king oeneus of calydon, meleager, pigs, theseus
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Amazon Primer
While warfare has traditionally been considered a masculine pursuit, Greek legend contains accounts of the Amazons, an all-female tribe of powerful warriors. While they were often said to live in Asia Minor, they were sometimes located in Africa or modern-day … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Exploration, Authors, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Gender, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, History, Mythology, Oz, Rick Riordan, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged achilles, alexander the great, amazons, bellerophon, dc comics, dragon quest iv, femiscyra, final fantasy iv, francisco de orellano, gargareans, gerudo, hercules, herodotus, hippolyte, penthesileia, priam, thalestris, themiscyra, theseus, troia, trojan war, troy, wonder woman
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