2023年2月9日 · In literary accounts following Homer (who never mentions Cassandra’s prophetic abilities), Cassandra was constantly prophesying the fall of her city, warning her people about …

2023年4月11日 · Apollo gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy, hoping she would sleep with him in return; when Cassandra refused, Apollo cursed her so that nobody would believe her …

2023年7月13日 · When Achilles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, refused to fight because of a quarrel with the Greek commander Agamemnon, Hector nearly managed to drive the Greeks …

2023年8月16日 · Plutarch (born before 50 CE, died after 120 CE) discussed the Minyades, including their connection to local cult in Orchomenus, in his Greek Questions, while Aelian …

2023年3月10日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish …

2023年7月12日 · In Book 7 of the Iliad, when the greatest Greek warriors (minus Achilles) draw lots to decide who will fight the Trojan warrior Hector in single combat, the Greeks pray that …

2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning. He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended. But …

2023年6月20日 · Hesiod, Works and Days 160. ↩; Hesiod, Works and Days 109–79.Cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.89–112. ↩; Cf. Gregory Nagy, The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the …

2023年3月8日 · Following the third stasimon—in which the Chorus again expresses their fear of imminent disaster—Clytemnestra reenters and asks Cassandra to come inside. Cassandra …

2023年9月18日 · Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo. When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his …