*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of the goddess and myths*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“However impious the apotheosis of sexuality may seem in the light of the Christian tradition, modern sensibility can nevertheless also...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Apollo’s history is a confusing one,” said the renowned poet and mythologist Robert Graves. This notion is also illustrated in the above quote from the 6th century BCE Homeric...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of Apollo*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Foolish mortals and poor drudges are you, that you seek cares and hard toils and straits! Easily will I tell you a word and set it in...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient myths and accounts of Ares and cults that worshiped him*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAres, the God of War and personification of all that is reactionary and violent, is remembered today as the hated,...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing Atlantis and the search for it*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“And the island of Atalantes, which was greater than Africa and Asia, as Plato says in the Timaeus, in one day and...

*Includes pictures*Includes medieval accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMuch of what is known of the Norse myths comes from the 10th century onwards. Until this time and, indeed, for centuries afterwards, Norse culture (particularly that of Iceland,...

"Njördr in Nóatún begot afterward two children: the son was called Freyr, and the daughter Freyja; they were fair of face and mighty. Freyr is the most renowned of the Æsir; he rules over the rain and the shining of...

There are few mythological characters that require less of an introduction than Hercules. His "labours" are known and have been reimagined by cultures far beyond their Greek beginnings, and he continues to influence modern culture in more ways than any...

*Includes pictures*Includes medieval accounts of Loki*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMuch of what is known of the Norse myths comes from the 10th century onwards. Until this time and, indeed, for centuries afterwards, Norse culture (particularly that...

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient descriptions of Nike *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "To Nike (Victory), Fumigation from Manna. O powerful Nike, by men desired, with adverse breasts to dreadful fury fired, thee I invoke, whose might...

*Includes pictures*Includes medieval accounts of Norse mythology*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMuch of what is known of the Norse myths comes from the 10th century onwards. Until this time and, indeed, for centuries afterwards, Norse culture (particularly...

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of Poseidon *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of the earth and fruitless sea, god of the deep who is also lord...