Mycenae in History & Today
Inhabited from the fourth millennium bc, Mycenae attained increasing importance and wealth in the second millennium Funerary goods discovered in Grave Circle A, a royal cemetery later incorporated within …
Category: Greek Mythology
Ithaca Ithaki Map
There is little convincing archaeology to enjoy on Ithaki, and many will prefer to imagine what Homeric parallels they can at the evocatively renamed sites. From Vathy a road …
Atreus, Thyestes & a Bloody Banquet
The brothers were bitter rivals. When the elder, Atreus, was appointed king, Thyestes seduced his wife, Aerope, and plotted revolution. After Atreus vowed to dedicate his finest animal to …
Helen & Menelaus
Helen’s childhood had been turbulent. Already her magnetic beauty had aroused such wild emotions that her mother was rumoured to be not Leda but Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, raped …
Calydon: A Boar Hunt & Golden Apples
It is hard for men who live on earth to influence the minds of gods. If not, with prayers and sacrifices of so many goats and red-backed cattle, my …