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The Greek Word
2007.10.31. 15:23
 Three Millennia of Greek Literature
The Greek Word - Three Millennia of Greek Literature
Chaos was and Night and dark Erebus in the beginning and the wide Tartarus. Neither the Earth nor the air, nor heaven existed.
And in the limitless bosom of the Erebus, black-winged Night laid firstly a germless egg, out of which, after a long course of time sprouted cherished Love (Eros), shining with golden wings at his back, being like the whirlwinds of the wind.
 | And he mated with the winged dark Chaos in wide Tartarus and he hatched forth our generation and brought it first up to the light.
Before Love mixed together everything, the generation of the Immortals did not exist. By Love, mixing everything with each other, Heaven came to be, and Ocean and also the Earth and the immortal generation of all the blissful Gods.
Orphica : Everything was generated by Love (Translated by Elpenor) |
Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities, for he has hold not of an image but of a reality, and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may. Would that be an ignoble life?
Plato
Compared with the thousands of more or less important texts, what is here seems to fall short. Yet no one can really read everything. The purpose of this anthology is to offer a grounding, so that, even if someone were to study nothing else, the loss, however great, would not be decisive.
Don't read these texts just because they are Greek, or famous: do they help you on your life? Do they make you a better person? If not, spare your time.
The Greek Word - Three Millennia of Greek Literature by Elpenor (English)
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Theoi Project
THE IMMORTALS of the Ancient Greek pantheon can be divided into six classes:
THE FIRST of these were the PROTOGONOI or First Born, consisting of those elemental beings that made up the fabric of the universe - EG Earth, Sea, Sky, Night, Day etc.
As well as being their element they could also appear simultaneously in an anthropomorphic form. For example Gaia was always the earth itself but would also manifest herself as a comely woman in her dealings with the younger gods.
THE SECOND were the nature DAIMONES (Spirits) and NYMPHAI - EG Naiades, Dryades, Satyroi etc.
THE THIRD were the human-affecting DAIMONES (Spirits) - EG Sleep, Love, Joy, Hate, Fear, Death, etc.
... more at The Pantheon.
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Artemis
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Nereus, Herakles | Greek myth and legend was filled with a wide variety of monsters ranging from Dragons, Giants, Demons and Ghosts, to the multiformed Centaurs, Sphinxes and Griffins.There were also fabulous wild beasts - such as the Nemean Lion, the golden-fleeced Ram and the winged horse Pegasus.
Even mankind was not exempt with fabulous tribes like the Libyan Umbrella-Foots, one-eyed Arimaspians, African Dog-Heads, and puny Pygmies.
The Bestiary |
Welcome to the Theoi Project, a comprehensive guide to the Gods (Theoi), Spirits (Daimones) and Monsters (Theres) of ancient Greek mythology and religion.
Here you will find detailed individual entries for each divinity and monster containing quotes from a wide selection of classical texts.
The entire site now contains more than 1000 web pages and a gallery of over 700 images of ancient Greek vase paintings (C6th - C5th BC), Greco-Roman frescoes and mosaics (C4th BC - C4th AD).
Theoi Project - Guide to Gods, Spirits and Monsters of Greek Mythology.
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