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Getting Buzzed: The History of Hallucinogenic Mad Honey
... VI of Pontus, depicted on this coin, defeated the Roman army using Mad Honey. (ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Mad ... why the honeycomb made them so ill. Centuries later, Roman soldiers also discovered Mad Honey in 67 BC, a ... made in Attica, Greece, depicting bees from ancient Greek mythology. Source: The British Museum / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 By ...
Lex Leigh - 19/05/2022 - 18:53
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Blemmyes: The Headless Men of Ancient and Medieval Mythology
... the Nile towards the Red Sea. It is in the work of the Roman writer, Pliny the Elder that we see the Blemmyes of ... .] Available at: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/home.html Blemmyes: The Headless Men of Ancient and Medieval Mythology ...
dhwty - 24/08/2018 - 18:23
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Ancient Lovers: Five Touching and Sometimes Tragic Love Stories Before Romeo and Juliet
... in love. Some of them might be nothing but creatures of mythology or literature and others are probably exaggerated, ... their love was so strong that it became a threat to the Roman Empire, which kept losing power and control to Egypt ... he slept. Abaelardus and Héloïse in the manuscript ‘ Roman de la Rose ’ (14th century) . ( Public Domain ) ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/12/2017 - 18:58
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My Name Is Heracles, And I Have Father Issues
... restored, but you will have to do these twelve labors ”. Roman relief depicting the sequence of the labors of ... References Bruxton, R. 2004. The Complete World of Greek Mythology . Thames and Hudson. Bulfinch, T. 1863. Bulfinch’s Mythology. Legends of Charlemagne . [Online] Available at: ...
B. B. Wagner - 15/08/2019 - 22:59
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Mothers, Madness and Music: A Study of the Parallels of Cybele and Dionysus
... motherly, wise Cybele has long been over-shadowed in the mythology of ancient Greece by the later pre-Olympian ... to the forefront of Mediterranean religion and after their Roman counterparts faded into Christianity. It is not ... were indeed common in rituals of Dionysus (and his later Roman counterpart, Bacchus), most "Greek Mythology 101" ...
Riley Winters - 26/02/2017 - 01:44
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The Rod of Asclepius and Zeus’s Fear of Immortality
... believed to have been wielded by Asclepius , the Greco-Roman god of healing and medicine . Although this object belongs to Greek mythology, it has continued to be used till this day as a ... an Unknown Pagan Sanctuary: New Discoveries Made at a Roman Site in Israel Rod of Asclepius symbol of healing and ...
dhwty - 26/03/2019 - 18:19
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The Greek God Apollo and His Mystical Powers
... is the only Olympian who retains his Greek name in the Roman pantheon. According to Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto. Zeus, as most ... greatly. The popularity of Apollo continued into the Roman period, especially during the reign of Augustus, who ...
dhwty - 10/12/2019 - 02:03
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Dionysus, the Mysterious Greek God of Wine and Ecstasy
... This vibrant and multifaceted deity of ancient Greek mythology embodies the essence of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ... to deliver Dionysus from the thigh of Zeus on the lid of a Roman sarcophagus depicting the triumphal procession of ... and other mythological figures are also noteworthy. In the Roman pantheon, Dionysus found an equivalent in Bacchus , the ...
Aleksa Vučković - 29/12/2023 - 13:54
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The Myth of National Socialism: How the Nazis Distorted the Nordic Past
... around it. The Third Reich created their roots in Nordic mythology and their unilateral interpretation of it. It’s ... linked to the psychological and social one. The Holy Roman Empire, the 1st (German) Reich, officially began on ... Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite the high-flown name, it was not able to ...
Pierluigi Tombetti - 11/10/2019 - 23:17
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Where the Wild Things Are: Garden of Monsters Was Built to Convey the Despair of its Creator
... with her by the Fountain of Aphrodite. Since the park has Roman and Greek mythological ties and Orsini was a patron of ... monsters Many of the sculptures harken back to Greek and Roman mythology; some of these sculptures include: Pegasus, two ...
Veronica Parkes - 08/05/2017 - 18:59
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The Origins of the Top 5 Most Ancient Martial Arts that are Still Practiced Today
... comes from the Latin; “arts of Mars, after the Roman god of war and conflict.” But to get to the origins ... means "all power.” Originating around 2000 BC, Greek mythology claims the system was applied by the legendary ... Of: The Other Famous Greek Leonidas The Pancrastinae . A Roman statue portraying the pancratium, which was an event ...
ashley cowie - 25/11/2018 - 18:34
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Ivan Turbinca – The Man Who Belonged in Neither Heaven Nor Hell
... God as he had been asked to do when they had first met. Mythology in Romania: Exploring Beliefs about Witchcraft and ...
valdar - 17/06/2023 - 22:54
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A Herculean Effort: Can You Name the 12 Labors of Hercules?
Classical mythology is full of heroes but Hercules (known to the Greeks ... when it came to taking care of risky business. Classical mythology is full of heroes, but Hercules (known to the ... the Cretan Bull and the Mares of Diomedes. Luni marble, Roman artwork from the middle 3rd century AD. National Museum ...
dhwty - 16/06/2020 - 22:40
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The Shock Discovery of the Nakovane Zodiac
... is also cognate to its distinct shape. A Circular Egyptian Mythology: Does the Dendera Zodiac Represent the Most Ancient ... Been Shaped Throughout the Millennia Remarkable ‘Sewn’ Roman Shipwreck is Croatia’s Biggest Find of 21st Century ... However, one inconspicuous spot, so deftly hidden from the Roman eyes, survived through time virtually unharmed - only ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/02/2021 - 17:32
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Vendel Helmets: Spectacular Scandinavian Relics from the Vendel Period
... of the opinion that the Vendel helmets were inspired by Roman helmets used during the Late Roman Empire. Some, for instance, have suggested that the ... to be Odin (also known as Woden), the chief god in Norse mythology . This particular motif has also been used to ...
dhwty - 25/11/2020 - 01:05
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Mycenae: The Ancient City Founded by Perseus
... to build the fortified walls at Mycenae. ( Public domain ) Mythology Surrounding Mycenae According to Greek mythology, Mycenae’s story goes back to the hero Perseus ... most important civilizations of Greek prehistory. Greek mythology holds that the descendants of Perseus reigned from ...
johnblack - 26/03/2022 - 00:59
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Hidden in the Hieroglyphs: Is Ancient Egyptian a Lost Language?
... of glyphs started to grow very quickly. By the Greco-Roman period, there were already about 5,000 hieroglyphs in ... in hieroglyphs as magical symbols came from the late Roman and early medieval periods. Until the end of the ... re-emerged and people began to be attracted to the mythology of Egypt. However, the only texts which were ...
Natalia Klimczak - 15/09/2016 - 14:49
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Priapus Fresco Tips the Scales in Pompeii
... decorated rooms” a fresco of Priapus, a god of Graeco-Roman mythology, weighing his massive member on a scale. An ... decorated rooms” a fresco of Priapus, a god of Graeco-Roman mythology, weighing his massive member on a scale. The ...
ashley cowie - 23/08/2018 - 18:50
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The Anemoi and the Ingenious Invention of the Tower of the Winds
In ancient Greek mythology, there were eight wind gods known as the Anemoi . ... of the tower can be found in the writings of the ancient Roman architect, Vitruvius . In the 16th century, an edition ... GuidePal, 2012. Roman Forum and the Tower of the Winds. [Online] Available ...
dhwty - 17/12/2019 - 23:00
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Massive Mosaic Depicting the 12 Labors of Heracles Unearthed in Turkey
... the Greek mythological hero, Heracles (or Hercules in Roman). In the mosaic located in the ancient Roman bath, Heracles is depicted as performing his twelve ... twelve tasks, he was forever immortalized in the pages of mythology, and also depicted on artifacts like vases, ...
Sahir - 05/08/2022 - 18:57