ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
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”
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?”
The narrative of caesarean birth appears on several occasions in Greek mythology. It involves central figures of the pantheon including some the major deities of the Olympians: Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Asclepius, Dionysus and Adonis. Several such occasions are described here while a medical interpretation of them is suggested. Continue reading “What do medicine specialists ‘see’ in Greek Mythology – Caesarean section”
In this post we present excerpts from ancient Greek and Latin texts which refer to one of the central Greek and Graeco-Roman myths; the myth of Triptolemus. Continue reading “The ancient myth of Triptolemus suggests that Agriculture begun in the Greek peninsula and spread from there to the rest of the World”
In this article we speculate on the origin of writing in Greece, according to claims from the ancient Greeks themselves, as they are described in a fragment from “Scholiastes to Dionysius of Thrace, (183 1)”. Continue reading “Greek writing; Borrowed or Original?”
Novo Scriptorium 