Posted in A, tagged Aeneas, classical, dido, history, Homer, myth, mythology, rome, vergil on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Aeneas and Dido
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Aeneas The Trojan hero and son of Anchises and Aphrodite.
In Homer’s Illiad Poseidon prophesizes that Aenas and his descendants will rule the Trojans.
Other writers portray Aeneas as the founder of several Greek centers, such as Delos and Crete.
Aeneas has also been described [...]
Posted in A, tagged Aeneid, ancient, classics, history, latin, literature, myth, mythological, mythology, rome, verse on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Aeneid An epic poem written in Latin by Vergil.
It is casts in mythic verse the journey and adventures of the Trojan hero Aeneas, who in ancient legend founded Rome. » Sibyl
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Posted in A, tagged afterlife, agape, belief, bread, bread and wine, c. s. lewis, catholic, Christian, communion, Eucharist, feast, Greece, heaven, Holy Communion, jesus christ, life, love, religion, rome, sacrament, sacraments, soul, spirit, wine on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Agape In literary circles the Greek term agapē (Latin: caritas) refers to the ideal of universal love, particularly, charitable Christian love among brothers and sisters of the human family.
As C. S. Lewis suggests in The Four Loves (1960), this is distinct from matrimonial, emotional, passionate-erotic and friendly love.
For many Christians, agape also refers to the [...]
Posted in A, tagged alien, Aliens, angel, angels, Bible, devil, et, extraterrestrials, God, Greece, heaven, jewish, jupiter, missing time, moses, myth, paranormal, parapsychology, religion, rome, Satan, siva, ufo, unexplained, zeus on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Classical Martian
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Aliens and Extraterrestrials (ETs)
The belief in aliens from other planets dates back for centuries, as does their alleged sightings.
47,000 year-old rock carvings in the Hunan province of China could be interpreted as evidence for UFOs.
Airborne “fire circles” were reported to the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BCE).
In the Middle Ages [...]
Posted in A, tagged ancient, apollo, classical, greek, myth, mythology, pagan, religion, rome, temples, worship on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Apollo In Greek mythology Apollo - also called Phoebus - is the twin brother of Artemis, born of Zeus and the Titaness Leto.
He is associated with strength, order, youthfulness, beauty and reason, as opposed to the emotional and sometimes drug-induced frenzies relating to Dionysius.
Apollo’s chief temple and oracle was at Delphi, over which the expression, [...]
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Posted in A, tagged architecture, art, Artemis, classical, Greece, myth, mythology, rome on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Artemis The daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis is the Greek Olympian who parallels the Roman goddess Diana.
Both share an association with the moon. In pre-Hellenic Greece, Asia Minor and Crete Artemis originally was a deity of the earth, the wild and animals.
Before becoming a virgin huntress in Homeric religion, she [...]
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Caesar, Julius (c. 100 - 44 BCE) In the Punic tongue the word caesar means “elephant.” Caesaries also means “thick head of hair.” The surname Caesar was given to the Julian family of patricians at Rome, either because one of the family members once owned an elephant or had a healthy scalp.
After Julius had distinguished [...]
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BCE) Cicero was an outstanding Roman orator, statesman and scholar born in Latium.
He was elected consul in 63 BCE. He managed to abort a revolutionary plot but executed some Roman conspirators without trial, which countered Roman law.
To avoid charges he flew into exile to Thessalonica (58 BCE). A year later he [...]
Posted in D, tagged apollo, delphi, divination, Greece, myth, oracle, priestess, prophet, pythia, rome, seer on January 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Delphi The most popular sanctuary in ancient Greece, located on the slopes of mount Parnassus. Originally the oracle at Delphi was a sanctuary to the deity called the Python. In time it became the chief centre for Apollo.
The oracle at Delphi was regarded as the omphalos, the great mystical navel of the world, marked by [...]
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