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La casa de Asterión, by Jorge Luis Borges
Theseus and the Minotaur, mosaic In 1949, the Argentinian short-story writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges wrote a short story, La casa de...
Bianca Mafodda
Jun 20, 2022


The myth of Hermes
Apollo and Hermes, Francesco Albani, 1635, oil on copper, Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau, France Hermes was the God of...
Bianca Mafodda
May 10, 2022


Orpheus and Euridice
Orpheus and Eurydice, by Sir. Edward John Poynter, 1862, private collection Son of Calliope, the muse of Poetry, Orpheus bought music on...
Bianca Mafodda
Feb 14, 2022


Apollo
Apollo Sauroktonos, (detail) After Praxiteles CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons The cult of Apollo was imported directly from ancient...
Misha Capnist
Aug 30, 2021


Theseus and the Minotaur
Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur intertwine their adventures in a maze of betrayals, bestial appetites and human sacrifices. One of the...
Misha Capnist
Jun 30, 2021


The Myth of Prometeus
Who was the father of Men, Zeus or Prometheus? Eh, hard to say, really. The myths, on this issue, often get confused and confuse our...
Misha Capnist
Apr 30, 2021


The Myth of Arachne
Today’s myth brings us to Colophon, in the region of Lydia, where a young and talented weaver, who went by the name of Arachne, lived....
Misha Capnist
Mar 30, 2021
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