Hades and the underworld In Greek mythology, Hades was the god of the dead, who ruled the place where dead people went after they died (Sometimes people also called the underworld "Hades"). [...]
Greek religion: Athena protects her worshippers (Andokides Painter, ca. 520 BC)W Where did Greek religion come from? Greek religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs, Central Asian gods that the Yamnaya brought to Greece, West [...]
Kidnapping Helen of Troy (from Pompeii) A lot of Greek myths in alphabetical order - read them all! Achilles Actaeon Agamemnon Ajax Antigone Arachne Arion Atreus and Thyestes Cassandra Daedalus [...]
Gaia is the earth. In the beginning... Many people in classical Greece believed that at the beginning of time there was only one being, which they called Chaos. (This is not unlike the Jewish [...]
The Furies torment Orestes Red-figure vase from South Italy ca. 380 BC (Naples Archaeological Museum) Scary spirit women In Greek mythology, the Furies were terrifying female spirits of the underworld who frightened men [...]
