Greek goddesses were powerful deities ruling everything from the light heralding the beginning of a new day to the strife that leads mankind into countless moments of mortal danger. In my last article, I introduced you to five goddesses you’d probably never heard of. Today, I bring you five more lesser-known Greek Goddesses that, despite …
When you think about Greek goddesses, who comes to mind? Perhaps it’s Hera, goddess of marriage, or Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Maybe you think first of the brilliant Athena or the chaste Artemis. Greek mythology is filled with stories of powerful goddesses, many of which remain popular to this day. But there are also …
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Alepotrypa Cave is one of the most significant Neolithic sites in Greece, and it may even be the birthplace of the Greek Underworld, Hades. With its sprawling size and cavernous openings, Alepotrypa holds one of the largest known Neolithic burial sites in all of Europe. Through the discoveries in and around the cave, archaeologists have …
In his epic poem, Works and Days, the great poet Hesiod wrote of the Five Ages of Man. Each more degenerate than the last (with one exception), Hesiod documented humanity’s slow descent from perfection in the Golden Age to the deplorable evils of the Iron Age. It is a tale of caution for the current …
Legend tells us that deep beneath the Minoan palace of Knossos, the terrible Minotaur lurked within a twisting Labyrinth. The story of the bloodthirsty half-man, half-bull monster is one of the most enduring tales in Greek mythology. When Arthur Evans excavated the ruins of Knossos on the island of Crete, he immediately believed it to …
Region Crete Period Aegean Bronze Age Date 3500 BCE – 1100 BCE Sites Knossos (Capital), Akrotiri, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros Language Linear A The Minoans: what they called themselves, we do not know. Their words, carved into clay tablets and libation vessels, have never been deciphered. Their cities have been ravaged by the relentless march of …
