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[4] Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnâ) Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts. According to most traditions, she was born from Zeus's forehead, fully formed and armored, after Zeus swallowed her mother, Metis, whole.
The stadium occupied the highest part of the site, built over and to the northwest of the sanctuary of Apollo. It is epigraphically attested as "the pythikon stadion". To the north it was supported by the slope of the mountain, whereas to the south a wall was built to support the seats for the spectators.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era".
[4] Greek myths were narratives related to ancient Greek religion , often concerned with the actions of gods and other supernatural beings and of heroes who transcend human bounds. Major sources for Greek myths include the Homeric epics , that is, the Iliad and the Odyssey , and the tragedies of Aeschylus , Sophocles , and Euripides .
Aesop and the fox, a recurrent character in Aesop's fables; red-figure pottery from c. 450 BC. Ancient Greek folklore includes genres such as mythology (Greek mythology), legend, and folktales.
The phrase interpretatio romana was first used by the Imperial-era historian Tacitus in the Germania. [6] Tacitus reports that in a sacred grove of the Nahanarvali, "a priest adorned as a woman presides, but they commemorate gods who in Roman terms (interpretatione romana) are Castor and Pollux" when identifying the divine Alcis. [7]
[10] In his studies of Serbian folklore, Čajkanović also concluded that many more benevolent aspects of Dazhbog were passed on to popular saints in folk Christianity, in particularly onto St. Sava , Serbian national saint, who, although undoubtedly was a real historical person, in folk tales often appears in the role of culture hero . [ 10 ]