ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this post we present Diodorus Siculus‘ perception on History using the Introduction of his monumental work ‘Library of History‘. Continue reading “History; “the prophetess of truth” and “mother-city of philosophy””
If we think simply of Mythology, it would justifiably seem as something useless and unnecessary, and unworthy of any attention and curiosity, valuable only for talk-games and dissertations. Continue reading “Greek Mythology: What are its divisions and the reasons it should be studied”
In this post we present and analyze excerpts from Diodorus Siculus‘ “Library of History“, Book III (Loeb Classical Library), that refer to the Theogony-Mythology of the Atlantians. Continue reading “Diodorus Siculus: Theogony of the Atlantians – Possible Anthropological and Historical information”
Akousilaos from Argos, a hardly known ancient Greek writer, was a very important figure for ancient Greek History (Mythology included); he was one of the main ‘sources’ for most of the Historians and Mythographs that followed his time. Continue reading “How old is the Greek language and its writing?”
Does the Ancient Tradition, i.e. Mythology, contain information on Human Evolution and Human Migration? This article presents and analyzes two excerpts from Apollodoros and Clemes which appear to describe relevant beliefs of the ancient peoples. Continue reading “Anthropological information in ancient Greek Myths?”
Study proved that ‘algebric’ ways to solve practical problems have been invented by ancient Greek mathematicians, at least from Diophantus‘ era. Continue reading “Ancient Greek mathematicians were using ‘algebric’ ways to solve practical problems, study finds”
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