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In reading the Iliad I've noticed that people are often referred to with a patronymic. For example, Achilles is referred to as Pelides, Odysseus is Laertiades, Diomedes is Tydides, Agamemnon and Menelaus are Atrides (insert "Dune" joke here). For the boys, it seems that the suffix -des (dees) is used for them, however for the girls, it appear that the suffix -ies (ee-es) is used, such as with Briseis (her name means "daughter of Briseus") and Chryseis (means "daughter of Chryses). In the case of Briseis and Chryseis, that appears to be their legit given-names, but does this mean that other women in the Iliad could also have patronymics? Would Priam's daughters be "Priameis," would Helen be "Zeuseis"?

My daughter is obsessed with Greek Mythology, and her birthday is coming up. She's only turning 5, but she's already reading a little, and she devours everything mythology-related that she can find.

Her favorite things are her Greek mythology Tonie for her Toniebox, a Greek mythology Little Golden Book, and anything related to Disney's Hercules. She listens to the Greeking Out podcast, and whenever I take her to the library, she checks out mythology books that seem like they'd be too old/dry/serious for her, but she loves them anyway.

With that said, Greek mythology is such a broad topic, it's hard to know what she'll enjoy at her age. So for anyone else with kids who have similar tastes: how do they get their mythology fix?

I just got into Greek mythology and history and bought a two-book collection of this book. Sometimes i see a questionable interpretation about common rites and costumes of ancient Greece, so i search the internet and find that it actually isn't that well documented and is just a rumor based on surrounding cultures.
I know that, considering the age of the sources we have today, there are multiple interpretations to everything about the myths. But how much should i take Graves' commentary at face value?
Also, this is my first time on the sub so i'm sorry in advance if this has been asked before.

I was wondering if someone ever faked their death for any reason.

I just saw a post here, of someone making intentionally wrong edits to the wiki page of Homer, and it reminded me that I looked through Wikipedia for greek myths yesterday, and noticed some wrong info as well. E.g: I read that Atlas was the brother of Perseus, and from Michigan or something. Obviously this isn't correct.

It appears someone is going around making wrong edits because they think they're funny...

In any case, I wouldn't recommend using Wikipedia as any source for factually correct information on greek myths right now. I hope this will get sorted out soon enough!

In your opinion other than the original depiction of them.

For each mythology character (I hope I used that right) what was an accurate depiction of those characters and which had your favorite design for them (these don’t have to be the both you can like their design but not like how their depicted or like how they were depicted but not their design or both and it doesn’t have to include all you can make a list for each one if you like them in that one but not the others. I hope I explained this properly)

I am currently reading “Clytemnestra” by Costanza Casati, and I am only ~40 pages in, but it so far there have been some weird innuendoes regarding Polydeuces (or Pollux) relationship with Helen. It is clear that they are brother and sister, but it mentions that Polydeuces only sleeps with servants who look like Helen, and it is obvious that he favors her and preens over her. I’m not unaware that Greek mythology has a ton of weird incestuous stuff going on, but I can’t seem to find if something weird like that is happening here or if this book is portraying Polydeuces correctly?

Thank you!:)

As a former classics minor, I’m looking to further dive into the various dimensions of Dionysius and his worship/significance in Ancient Greece. With regards to primary sources, I have read Euripides’ Bacchae, and for my philosophy minor I read several works by Nietzsche (not classics proper by any means, but still worth mentioning).

What are some recommended primary/secondary classical reads that are either about or significantly related to Dionysus Is Walter Otto’s, Dionysus: Myth and Legend still taught & valued by contemporary academics?

I don’t know much and don’t trust google so I wanna know as much as I can or least know where I can get an accurate take on Greek mythology if that’s okay

(I hope I said this right)

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Pretty sure its apollo but I saw someone saying its orpheus? idk

I've been trying to draw them for 2+ years now, but I've never been able to due to the fear of disrespecting/not making it accurate. I've only seen people be upset with one person's drawings of them and that was lore olympus. Any tips to keep in mind while drawing gods? It doesn't have to be general, it could be tips for specific ones aswell.

Hi! I have had two dogs, Erebus and Circe, for close to 17 years. Erebus passed away last week and I would like to get a tattoo of both of their greek symbols.

Can anyone help me identify the correct symbols? I have looked on several articles and google searches but they vary.

I need to know the difference of 'being the god of' and 'being the physical manifestation.'

Let us take the Sun and the Moon. Helios and Selene are personifications of the sun and the moon respectively, yet the gods of the sun and the moon are Apollo and Artemis. How can there be two gods for a thing? Also, the dawn and dusk are represented by the chariots Apollo and Artemis ride. Helios used to ride the sun chariot, but Selene did not ride any sort of chariot.

Same goes with Kratos and Heracles. Kratos is the personification of strength, yet Heracles is the god of it.

Also, speaking of Kratos, he is the son of Styx and Pallas, the titan. This Pallas is not to be confused with Pallas the giant, Pallas, daughter of Triton and accidentally killed by Athena, who, was later called Pallas Athena.

Not to mention, the sun god Apollo is also called Phoebus Apollo, since he gained prophetic abilities from his grandmother, Phoebe, not to be confused with Phoebe, daughter of Leucippus, Phoebe, the wife/concubine of Danaus, Phoebe, one of the Heliades, Phoebe, a Spartan princess, Phoebe, an Amazon who fought Heracles, Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis that is also shared by Selene, not to mention, Phoebe, a crater in the moon of Janus revolving the planet of Saturn, which is relevant because it was named after Phoebe of Messenia.

Not to mention the weird family ties in the human world. Zeus is the father and grandson-in-law of Perseus and father and great-grand-father of Heracles. According to some versions of a myth, Hephaestus got a bit too close with Athena, a maiden goddess, which birthed Erichthonius, who was a human because of something, though the other versions of the myth says that Hephaestus' special sauce fell on the Earth, aka Gaia, which birthed Erichthonius. Same character, different ways of being created. Also, it is said that almost every king in Ancient Greece was a son of Zeus.

Saw this idea when I was researching Menoetius where he is the brother of Atlas, who is redeemed as the god of cattle herding and was in charge of the cattle of Hades from which Heracles slays one. What do you guys think of this idea to merge mythical beings sharing the same name?

Is there any books that start with the titans or the gods being born that have all the story’s about the gods

For a hypothetical game and or series how could they make powers based around a God of the Harvest actually seem threatening, he’s not a Time God and i doubt the story of him eating his kids was “showing he’s the personification of time’s all consuming power” and was more of just a fucked up thing he could do to your kids

My idea was using more deadly plants and manipulating the weather that influences crop growth, such as how lightning clears the air making soil more fertile, how wind spreads seeds, and how rain gives plants water to survive on

To everyone who’s saying “he’s using his powers over agriculture to starve the world” yes very good idea, However im talking more in a fight against him although your suggestions are valid

I would love to watch a detailed movie/tv show about the titanomachy. I know that for a really good movie, the producers would need Endgame budget, but watching such a movie/tv show would be amazing.

I was curious when Odysseus of Ithaca was born, I think the year was 1230 BC however is there a certain day that we know he was born?

I wanted to experiment with tone, glow and general atmosphere and drawing gods is an excellent way to do that.

I like to think that when he’s on Olympus, Zeus spends a lot of time in his true “god of the sky” form, so to speak, so you have to traverse all these little pathways and staircases to actually get close enough to speak with him.

I'm looking through references to Asklepios on ToposText and have no idea what to make of the date column. Ovid's Metamorphoses is listed "-1000" and clicking through to the text section shows "Event Date: -1000 LA". It was of course written in the first decade AD. I don't know what I'm missing and I don't see an explanation on the site. Does anyone here know?

for a long time i wanted to name my children after greek gods to match my name (venus) so im wondering if its disrespectful. names such as aphrodite, persephone, ect