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- – Helénē), better known as Helen of Sparta or Helen of Troy, was ... ==Life of Helen== ===Birth=== [[Image:Helen of Troy.jpg|thumb|left ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 09:36, 25 June 2024
- Lacydes of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, became head of the Platonic ... activities shifted from the study of Platonic metaphysics to methods ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 21:20, 7 March 2025
- †443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 04:43, 4 November 2025
- philosopher. See also Chrysippus (mythology) of Greek mythology ... and adding numerous testimonies. Apollodorus of Athens criticized him in ...9 KB (1,399 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- Tītânes) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary ... the Titans in the Titanomachy ('War of the Titans'). The Titans ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- In Greek mythology, Ares, the Olympian god of war, was the son of ... a war deity, Athena's stance was that of strategic warfare while Ares ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- from 117 C.E.–138 C.E., and a member of the plebian family gens Aelia ... Ulterior). He was a distant relative of his predecessor Trajan, being ...23 KB (3,703 words) - 22:10, 21 June 2024
- Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the second of the philosophers of Ionia ... citizen. The computations of Apollodorus of Athens have fixed his birth ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- quot;distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth ... She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres of influence centered around wisdom ... She was known as the companion of heroes, protector of cities, and ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- ) was a legendary king of Athens and son of Aethra and either Aegeus ... and dwelling in a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis, which may have ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 21:31, 28 May 2024
- called by Pindar "the minstrel father of songs." ... or Hesiod, though he was known by the time of Ibycus (c. 530 B.C.E.). ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 11:16, 1 September 2025
- (Roman: Hercules) meaning "glory of Hera," was a divine hero ... Although he was not as clever as the likes of Odysseus or Nestor in the Greek ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 15:58, 15 July 2024
- the Italic Liber), was the ancient Greek god of wine who represented the power ... Paradoxically, he was also viewed as the promoter of civilization ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Among the ancient Greeks, Hecate or Hekate was originally a goddess ... Hecate, like many of the other non-indigenous Greek gods (including ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 08:05, 25 June 2024
- Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of ... pleasure is an important constituent of human happiness, but only when ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- , transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine ... it is not surprising that Asclepius was one of the more popular deities in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- worlds. He was simultaneously the messenger of the gods, inventor of fire, ... creator of human recreation, musical instruments (the syrinx and the ...24 KB (3,749 words) - 14:02, 16 July 2024
