Echidna
I couldn't write about Typhon the super-destructor without mentioning his lovely lass Echidna, and in the spirit of equality she also gets a post. Echidna was a drakaina, basically a…
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Echidna
Zeus versus Typhon
Forget the Thrilla in Manilla, the Rumble in the Jungle, or The Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out, this was The Battle that Made the Earth Rattle! In the…
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Zeus versus Typhon
Hesiod
Like Beyonce or Cher, Hesiod needs only one name; Papa H, and I couldn't not write a quick post about our favourite ancient bonkers-brain could I? Although I refer to…
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Hesiod
World War Zero – Gods versus Titans
Right, we had a quick look at the Titans, so now let's find out why their kids, the Olympians, booted them out of Heaven and took over the rule of…
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World War Zero – Gods versus Titans
The Titans
Who were they and where did they come from? Well, it all starts with Chaos, which is interesting because it kind of ends up that way too. Then came Gaia…
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The Titans
The Mythical Land of the Ancients
Let's have a look at how the ancient Greeks saw the world around them. They had a rather romantic view of their domain, and displayed little desire to explore beyond…
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The Mythical Land of the Ancients
How it All Began 2 – Return of the Beginning
Where were we? Oh yes, the world had been formed and populated, man now had woman and Prometheus had fallen foul of the gods for giving us a chunk of…
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How it All Began 2 – Return of the Beginning
How it All Began
Before the Romans came along and appropriated the stories and changed the names (to protect who? No one in them was innocent), it was the Greeks who developed an extensive…
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How it All Began