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3 days ago · Zeus ( / zjuːs / or / zuːs /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first syllable of his Roman equivalent Jupiter.
- Cave of Zeus
Psychro Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Ψυχρού) is an ancient Minoan...
- Rhea
Rhea or Rheia (/ ˈ r iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία...
- Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (/ oʊ ˈ l ɪ m p ə s, ə ˈ l ɪ m-/; Greek:...
- Perkwunos
*Perkʷūnos (Proto-Indo-European: 'the Striker' or 'the Lord...
- Dyēus
The sky over the feather grass-covered steppe in Ukraine....
- Helen of Troy
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē), also known...
- Scepter
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The Code of Hammurabi stela...
- Hellenism (modern religion)
Hellenism ( Greek: Ἑλληνισμός) [a] in a religious context...
- Cave of Zeus
2 days ago · Hā́idēs, Attic Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdεːs] ), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. [1] Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. [2]
2 days ago · The Greek name Γαῖα (Gaia Ancient Greek: or ) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic Γῆ (Gē), and Doric Γᾶ (Ga), perhaps identical to Δᾶ (Da), both meaning "Earth". Some scholars believe that the word is of uncertain origin. Beekes suggested a probable Pre-Greek origin.
5 days ago · Academy, in ancient Greece, the academy, or college, of philosophy in the northwestern outskirts of Athens where Plato acquired property about 387 bce and used to teach. At the site there had been an olive grove, a park, and a gymnasium sacred to the legendary Attic hero Academus (or Hecademus). The designation Academy, as a school of ...
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3 days ago · Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká, pronounced; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
4 days ago · While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations ...
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