Greek Mythology

"Myth and Coinage" Exhibition at the Numismatic Museum of Athens

2011-09-21T19:27:00.001-07:00

Lately I had the opportunity to visit the Numismatic Museum of Athens, in the very center of the city, in order to visit the latest exhibition "Myth and Coinage". It is a joint exhibition in collaboration of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, the Numismatic Museum of Athens and the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection, offering a dialogue between Greek Mythology and ancient coinage.

I was impressed by the museum ...not only by the number of coins that were on display but also by the friendly and helpful staff in the Museum that assisted me on every question.

The photographs I have taken can be viewed in the gallery section of each Olympian god (i.e. goddess Athena). Also, visit the website of the Museum ( http://www.nma.gr/), where you can find pictures of the majority of the coins and see its highlights in Virtual reality !

Fixed error in Hidden-Words-Game

2010-10-06T20:33:00.000-07:00

In case you played the Hidden Mythology Game and add then tried to add your score to the leader board, you might have noticed that your score was not added to the database.

The error is now fixed, feel free to play again.

My apologies and Good Luck!

The New Acropolis Museum- Athens' Pride and Joy

2009-08-19T13:12:00.000-07:00

Today I finally found the time to treat myself with a walk in the finest part of Athens, the Plaka. My destination was my long awaited dream, the Acropolis Museum, the new highlight of Athens, majestically located at the foot of the Acropolis.

Well, I was prepared to see something extraordinary, but what I saw surpassed all expectations. I can say, the Museum is simply breathtaking. The building is huge (226,000 square feet - 10 times larger than the old museum), ultra-modern, full of light and incredibly clean! It displays the Parthenon sculptures, reliefs and artifacts as well as other finds from the Acropolis hill, reflecting the religious beliefs, the standards and the daily life of the Ancient Greeks. Another great highlight is that, right under your feet, you can see excavations through the glass floor-panels. It's a strange feeling which I really enjoyed.

Should you ever happen to visit Athens, I think it's the first place you should consider for a visit. You will be stunned. You won't miss it, it is right at the center, and the ticket costs only €1 until 2010.

But beware, the museum is huge! So, in case your feet start complaining after so much culture you may have a seat at the museum's cafeteria, with a wonderful view of the Acropolis, or educate yourself in the multimedia room.

Well, I could go on writing about it for hours- but, since a picture is worth a thousand words, enjoy a slideshow with pictures of the Museum from the New York Times .

Anyway, for me, it was a wonderful experience which filled me with pride...and I can only hope that time comes soon when the British Museum finally, returns our marble sculptures in its rightful place. (In 1817, Lord Elgin, a British Ambassador, removed much of the sculpture from the Acropolis, while Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and took them to his home country. Right now, they are housed at the British Museum). To quote Razia Iqbal, BBC arts correspondent: "The structure is Greece's answer to the British argument that there is nowhere in their country to house the Elgin marbles".

www.theacropolismuseum.gr

awesome bronze statues

2009-08-07T13:16:00.001-07:00

Hello!

Well, it's really really hot here in Greece, but I still am in the city because I am very into my mythology project. So, with the help of some "submarine" (that's a greek candy-like spoon sweet, dipped in a glass of ice-cold water) to keep me fresh, I am writing and writing, posting pictures, correcting sometimes...

Today I went to the Archaeological Museum of my hometown Piraeus (that's the harbor of Athens), because I was really curious how the neighbourhood my grandmother was from ("Apollo Piraeus"), got its name...

In the Museum I found the answer. Look above, that's the legendary "Apollo from Piraeus", dating back to the 4th century BC. Looks like Apollo was very popular in our region :). But the museum had a lot more to offer. I was impressed by the many interesting sculptures, especially the bronze ones, and how well they are preserved.

Here is a link to the official website of the museum.

And since this summer we are reviving the ..."bronze age" here in Piraeus (everyone is bronze-tanned...so much sun!), I thought I'd update some gods' pages with bronze statues . Here they are: Apollo, Artemis, and Athena. Lets call it "Greek-Gods.info Summer Edition" :D. I hope you like them!

Greek Mythology Puzzle

2009-04-23T23:59:00.000-07:00

Hello ,

now that we had Easter holidays in Greece I finally found the time to add some interactivity to the site and made a flash puzzle related to the Olympian gods.

Here is the link. I hope you have fun!

Should you find any bugs (I am sure there are plenty) please email me!

Thanks a lot
Evie

New tool added

2008-08-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hello from a slightly cooler Athens,

I found a very nice tool on the web and decided to give it a try.

It's called AnswerTips from www.answers.com and creates small information bubbles on every word of the website when double clicked.

I hope you like it.

Mythology Quiz online!

2008-08-13T14:33:00.000-07:00

Greetings from a very hot Athens,

I like websites having interactivity, be it in form of forums, chats or quizzes...whatever- and having an educational website, I thought including quizzes in it would be an interesting, challenging option .

So now that its high summer in Greece (which means everything is quiet and cozy and there is not much work to do as a teacher), and after some relaxing days at the beach, I finally found the time and strength to develop the first mythology quiz.

I hope you like the idea just like me, since there are more quizzes to come soon!

Now click on http://www.greek-gods.info/quiz/

and take part. Good luck!!

Website problems fixed

2008-05-08T02:37:00.000-07:00

During the previous days, some technical problems occured to the website and it was not working properly. My apologies for any inconveniences this might have cause.

It seems that now the problems have been fixed, please contact me should you still see some "bugs".

Thank you very much!

Small Correction + Apologies

2007-09-23T12:50:00.000-07:00

I want to thank my website's visitors for the nice responses and critics I receive from time to time.

My special thanks go to Loren Crispell who corrected following point today, concerning the theogony: Ouranos, the Titan of the Skies, wasn't swallowing his children as I had written, but was just pushing them back into the womb of his wife Gaea.

The mistake is now corrected, I am sorry for the wrong information I had published.

German Version of the Website

2007-09-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

Some months ago I visited the "Staatliche Antikensammlungen" Museum in Munich, the city I have been born and raised up and I was really astonished at how the Germans are into Greek culture! So I decided to make use of my german language skills and add a german version of the website.

For all german speaking- or german learning- people, here is the link of the german version:
www.greek-gods.info/deutsch/

I hope you will enjoy your reading and please keep me informed should you see any mistakes, since it 's been years I haven't practized my german. Thanks a lot!

PS Until now, I have managed to only translate part of the whole website, but I am adding content to the german version every day. Please be patient and stay tuned. Evie

Greek mythology in everyday life - Small delay in update

2006-10-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

About two weeks ago I started collecting information concerning the use of mythology in everyday life, just to realize that it is actually much more difficult task than I expected. It's actually a very broad topic that requires a whole lot of research, from a wide range of sources.

To keep it short, I think it will still take a while to finish this section. Hopefully it will be around November.

Meanwhile, I keep updating my website with various myths about the Greek deities, a task that is less time-consuming, since most myths I know of since my childhood. Every day I am adding at least one new myth, focusing on the Olympian gods. So stay tuned.

Thanks for your understanding :)

Greek mythology in everyday life

2006-09-21T17:57:00.000-07:00

The more I delve into greek mythology, the more amazed I get by how much some aspects of greek mythology still apply nowadays- both in Greece and worldwide.

So I am going to start a new section next week, when I will hopefully have finished my research on the greek deities' symbols. In this section, I will focus on modern customs and sayings of everyday life that have their roots in greek mythology. I am then planning to expand this section with a list of famous people/celebrities that are named after greek gods, along with a brief description and links to official resources of them.

Feel free to comment on this thoughts of mine, your opinion is precious and more than welcome!

Greek Gods' genealogy

2006-09-17T18:32:00.000-07:00

In the long run, the texts I am composing for the greek deities start getting bigger and bigger and I feel that they slowly become hard to read through. This applies especially to screen reading, where studying is more tiresome and you need to find information more instantly.

Today I made the first step and, for each olympian god's info, I separated his/her genealogy into a paragraph itself. When I have finished, the next thing I am going to do will be creating a separate paragraph for each god's symbols as well.

I hope this helps you too. Happy reading!

Chatroom

2006-09-15T18:34:00.000-07:00

There are so many ideas I have for this website...

One the one hand, I want to add more, much more content- mythology is such a broad topic that I guess http://www.greek-gods.info/ will never be 100% complete...

On the other hand, I hate having a "one-way" website- I want some interactivity in it. So yesterday I decided to leave the content part for a while and to add a chatroom to it.
(http://www.greek-gods.info/chat)

Now that I think it over, I don't know whether a chatroom is really suitable for this website, but let's give it a try and time will tell.

Pictures of Greek Gods

2006-09-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

One picture is worth a thousand words...

I agree, and I think pictures are also more fun. Therefore I am trying to add at least one picture next to every deity I feature on my website. If I have more photos of the god available, I just link from the god's page to the god's photo gallery.

Some pictures are taken from Wikimedia Commons (by the way, a great resource for greek mythology), others are taken by myself during my visit at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Feel free to copy any picture you like!

Yesterday I started adding further details about the gods' pictures, like who or what is depicted in the picture, approximately when the piece of art was created, where it can be found now and so on. You can read those details at the bottom of each picture.

And, of course, if you know something more or better than me, just leave a comment on this post. Thanks :)

Mount Olympus

2006-08-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

I have just enriched the section about the archaeological sites of Ancient Greece in http://www.greek-gods.info.
Now you can find also some information about Mount Olympus, the Home of the Greek Gods, here: http://www.greek-gods.info/ancient-greece/mount-olympus/

Remember, the whole website still a work in progress and there is still as much information as I would like to...anyway, concerning mount Olympus, I am planning to visit Thessaly these days and I promiss I will take lots of pictures of our highest mountain. So, stay tuned!

My mythology website

2006-08-11T06:02:00.000-07:00

My passion about greek mythology has turned into a...website. Have a look at:
www.greek-gods.info

Greek gods and goddesses of ancient Greece
Greek Mythology-Greek gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. Photo gallery, myths and temples of the Olympian gods. Nymphs, Muses, Cyclops, Centaurs. Greek heroes Achilles, Heracles, Odysseus and more.

(Well, I know there quite a few spelling mistakes on my articles, but I am doing my best to improve them. Just give me some time:))