Eleusis

Eleusinian Mysteries

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive ceremonies of initiation into the cult of Demeter and Kore (Demeter’s daughter Persephone), whose main sanctuary lay in Eleusis, west of Athens. Demeter was the goddess of agricultural...

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The Myth of Hades and Persephone in Popular Culture

The myth of Hades and Persephone is one of the most popular and well known Greek myths. Hades is the god of the underworld, one of the sons of Cronus and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus. Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, the...

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C. Kraus, S. Goldhill, H. P. Foley, J. Elsner (dir.), Visualizing the Tragic. Drama, Myth, and...

Chris Kraus, Simon Goldhill, Helene P. Foley, Jas Elsner (ed.), Visualizing the Tragic. Drama, Myth, and Ritual in Greek Art and Literature. Essays in Honour of Froma Zeitlin, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. xxii, 475...

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Hellenic News of America

NEW YORK, NY, June 10, 2009 A fleet of 15 white plaster boats will hover in mid-air over a fountain, bearing a metaphorical cargo of birth, migration and change, as the Onassis Cultural Center presents Perpetual Transitions,...

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The Kingdoms of Glory -LDS- (Open)

The Kingdoms of Glory D&C 76; 131; 132:19-24; 137 By Breck EnglandThe purpose of the Atonement of our Savior is to “bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” 1 This grand purpose has been revealed from time to...

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First among atheists

So much of our modern system of thought is derived from the work of Ancient Greece that it’s hard to come up with a concept which those clever Greeks hadn’t already posited. Heliocentrism? Aristarchus of Samos predated...

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Greek Gods and Myths, Hades and Persephone

The Union of the God of the Underworld and the Goddess of Springtime Owing to his relationship with Persephone, Hades is not solely known as the ruler of the dead. His actions show how the lives of the gods affect the lives of...

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American Bacchanalia

American Bacchanalia 'The Days of Rome in America today! by the Watchman Dana G Smith Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Bacchanalia: another word for Debauchery, A wild...

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Ancient Greek Playwright Aeschylus

Tragic Dramatist Known for Oresteia Trilogy and Eumenides Quotes Brief biography of Aeschylus, Athens tragedy playwright, best-known for Oresteia Trilogy Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies (Eumenides). Aeschylus...

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The UC: America's Most Ecocidal "Green" University, Part I (of II)

We wrote the following essay roughly 18 months ago, as a draft of a chapter in our forthcoming book on the role of modern research universities in developing what we call the "technical intellectual resources" that enable...

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