Greek
The mythology of archaic and classical Greece — Homer and Hesiod at the headwaters, the gods of Olympus, and the heroic age the later world never stopped retelling.
On this shelf
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ancient greek · read in english · cited by work/hymn
- The Iliad ancient greek · read in english · cited by book
- The Odyssey ancient greek · read in english · cited by book
Most-filed motifs under “greek” in the index
Black-winged bird as creator 1 Creator tries to devour his son, the culture h 1 Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. 1 All-seeing god 1 Father-god 1 God of double sex carries within him seed of g 1 God from father-daughter incest. Adonis 1 Deity born from sea-foam. Aphrodite 1 Twin gods 1 Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies 1 God with four faces 1 Mutilated god 1 Lame god 1 God with goat-feet 1 God's (goddess's) wagon drawn by unusual anima 1 Goddess has team of sparrows 1 God as craftsman. Hephaistos 1 God makes automata and vivifies them 1 Smith of the gods 1 Home of gods on high mountain. Mt. Olympus 1 Food of the gods. Ambrosia 1 Gods' food gives supernatural growth 1 Drink of the gods 1 Cattle of the sun 1 Thunderbolt as gods' weapon 1 Hierarchy of gods 1 Division of control of universe among gods 1 Queen of the gods 1 Conflicts of the gods 1 Brother-sister marriage of the gods 1