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Hermes, the God of Thieves in Ancient Greece

In Greek mythology, Hermes is considered the messenger God, in charge of protecting travelers, thieves, and guide the souls to the Hades

Statue of Greek Goddess Aphrodite Uncovered in Turkey

A statue of the goddess Aphrodite was uncovered recently during excavations carried out in the Ancient Greek city of Amastris in today's Turkey. The statue, found three meters below the surface was originally thought to depict a nymph (water fairy)....

Alexander the Great’s Assassination and the Location of the Lost Tomb

Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt,...

How the Ancient Greeks Merged Their Gods With Foreign Ones

As the ancient Greeks encountered other civilizations and cultures through trade, conquest, and colonization, they often merged their own gods with foreign deities in a process of religious syncretism. Ancient Greek religious syncretism was characterized by the blending and assimilation...

Koalemos, the Ancient Greek God of Stupidity

There are many ancient Greek gods in mythology, representing all aspects of human life and various concepts. There is Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, Apollo, the god of of music and dance, Ares, the god of war, and Poseidon, the...

The 147 Commandments Gods Gave to Ancient Greeks

The 147 commandments comprise a guide for the ethical life for ancient Greeks.

The Top Five Craziest Greek Gods

As we count down the top five crazy Greek gods, many will wish to know who the absolute craziest is. But what should the criteria for crazy be exactly? This is difficult to say. Calling people crazy is sometimes insulting....

Greek Mythology Created the Romantic Concept of Second Halves

"Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together," Plato appealed to the myth of androgynes. This beautiful legend gave rise to one of the most popular romantic concepts about finding...

The Cult of God Serapis in Egypt and the Greek World

The cult of Serapis in Egypt arose during Ptolemy I's reign and would become one of the centers of Ptolemaic soft power in the East and West alike. Serapis (Greek: Σέραπις) was a Greco-Egyptian god introduced in Alexandria of Egypt...

The Ancient Snake-eaters of Mount Athos, Greece

Legends, myths, mystical creatures, and now-forgotten customs all lend a spectacular context to Greek mythology. History and mythology have always walked similar and common paths. Legends were, in fact, always born where myth was colored by actual events. So today...