Ancient history

• Hermes

  In Greek mythology, Hermes (Ἑρμῆς / Hermễs, Greek name, Ἑρμᾶς / Hermãs in Dorian) is one of the deities of Olympus. He is the god of commerce, the guardian of roads and crossroads, travelers, thieves, the conductor of souls to the Underworld and the messenger of the gods. It corresponds to the Merc

• hera

  In Greek mythology, Hera or Héré (in ancient Greek (Attica) Ἧρα / Hêra or in Ionian Ἧρη / Hêrê[1]), daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, is the wife and sister of Zeus. She is the protector par excellence of women and the goddess of legitimate marriage, guardian of the couples fertility and of wo

• Hephaestus

  In Greek mythology, Hephaestus (in ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος / Hêphaistos, possibly from φαίνω / phaínô, to shine) is the god of fire, forges and volcanoes. He is usually depicted as a lame blacksmith, but he is first and foremost a divine inventor and creator of magical objects. His name often appears

• Hades

  In Greek mythology, Hades (in ancient Greek Ἅιδης / Aidês), brother of Zeus and Poseidon, is the master of the Underworld (in the Greco-Roman sense of the term). He is married to Persephone. It corresponds to the Ptolemaic Serapis and the Roman Pluto, which is later. Family He is the son of Cronu

• Dionysus

  Dionysus In Greek mythology, Dionysus (in ancient Greek Διώνυσος / Diốnysos or Διόνυσος / Diónysos) is the god of junctions of opposites and ambiguities (death-life, man-woman, vine, wine and its excesses-supporific ivy, underground god- sun god, foreign god, Greek barbarian-god quasi-master of Ol

• Athena

  Athena or Athena (in Attic Ἀθηνᾶ / Athênã or in Ionian Ἀθήνη / Athếnê[1]) is a goddess of Greek mythology, identified with Minerva among the Romans. She is also called Pallas Athena. Birth Athena is the daughter of Zeus and Metis (an Oceanid), his first wife, goddess of ingenuity (μῆτις / mễtis, “

• Artemis

  In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and of the Moon (by analogy with Apollo, who is the god of the Sun). In Roman mythology, she is called Diana. “Diana of Versailles” statue of Artemis hunting, accompanied by a doe. Imperial period Roman copy (1st-2nd century AD) of a Greek br

• Ares

  Ares (in ancient Greek Arês or Areôs) is the god of war and destruction in Greek mythology. Son of Zeus and Hera, he is identified with Mars among the Romans. Arès statue Location:Euripe Basin, Villa Hadriana, TivoliAuthor:Jastrow (2003)Licence:Public domain This work is part of the public domain

• Apollo

  Apollo is the Greek archer god of solar clarity, beauty, reason, the arts and more specifically music and poetry. He is also god of purifications and healing, but can bring plague with his bow; finally, he is one of the main gods capable of divination, consulted, among other places, at Delphi, where

• Aphrodite

  Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of germination, love, pleasures and beauty. It has the equivalent of Venus in Roman mythology. We can distinguish two different conceptions of Aphrodite:that of the pleasure of the flesh, more earthly in a way, and that of spiritual love, pure and chaste in its beauty.

• Titans and Titanides

  In Greek mythology, the Titans (in ancient Greek / Titán Titãnes in the plural) are the giant primordial deities who preceded the Gods of Olympus. Titans and Titanides They are the children of Ouranos (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth). Their genealogy is given by Hesiod in his Theogony. Their number gener

• Prometheus

  Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (in ancient Greek Prometheús, “the Provident”) is a Titan, son of Iapetus and Themis (or Clymene according to the authors), and brother of Atlas, Menoetios and Epimetheus. He is the father of Deucalion, conceived with Pronoia (or Clymene). According to anot

• Persephone

  In Greek mythology, Persephone (in ancient Greek Περσεφόνη / Persephónê, in Homer Persephóneia) is a goddess, daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She was first known by the simple name of Coré (Κόρη / Kórê) the maiden, or even the daughter, as opposed to Demeter, the mother (hê mêtềr). She is likened to

• Ouranos

  In Greek mythology, Ouranos (in ancient Greek Ouranós, starry sky, firmament) is a deity. The Hesiodic Myth of Ouranos Ouranos is a primordial deity personifying Heaven. He is the son of Gaïa (the Earth) that she engenders alone, and the elder brother of Ouréa, male personification of the Mountains

• Orion

  Orion Orion (in ancient Greek Ôríon) is a giant from Greek mythology. Birth Hyriée, the founder of the city of Hyria, in Boeotia, had never met a woman but nevertheless wished to have an heir. One day, Zeus, Hermes and Poseidon visited him in his palace. For them, Hyriea sacrificed the finest ox

• Nike

  Nike In Greek mythology, Niké (in ancient Greek Νίκη / Níkê) is a goddess personifying Triumph and Victory as her name suggests. Daughter of the Titan Pallas and Styx, she is the sister of Cratos (the Power), Bia (the Force) and Zelos (the Ardor), with whom she is one of the relatives of Zeus. (The

• Hecate

  In Greek mythology, Hecate (in ancient Greek Hekátê) is a goddess of the Moon, daughter of the Titan Perses (or of his namesake, Perses son of Helios according to tradition) and of Asteria. Some authors make her the mother of Scylla, whom she would have had with Phorcys or Apollo. Its role has evol

• Demeter

  In Greek mythology, Demeter (in ancient Greek Dêmếtêr which derives from Gễ Mếtêr, the Earth-Mother or from Dêmomếtêr, the Mother of the Earth, from dễmos, the land, the country) is the goddess of the agriculture and harvest. The Romans associated it with Ceres. Hesiods Theogony makes her a daughter

• Heliopolis (Egypt)

  Location HeliopolisGeographical coordinates:31°05’N, 31°20’E Heliopolis (the city of the Sun) is the name given by the Greeks to the ancient city of Onou (or Onou-Iounou). It was the capital of the thirteenth nome of Lower Egypt. The first constructions date from the 27th century BC. J.-C.. The

• Tuatha De Danann

  This race of divine beings, mythical inhabitants of Ireland before the Celts, claimed descent from the ancestral goddess Danu. They brought with them to Ireland four powerful talismans:the Stone of Fâl, which cried out when the one who was to be king touched it, the spear of Lug, which guaranteed vi