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Phaethon ( / ˈfeɪ.əθən /; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, romanized : Phaéthōn, lit. 'shiner', pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn] ), also spelled Phaëthon, is the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the sun god Helios in Greek mythology . According to most authors, Phaethon is the son of Helios, and out of a desire to have his parentage confirmed ...
Psychro Cave ( Greek: Σπήλαιο Ψυχρού) is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave (Greek: Δικταῖον Ἄντρον; Diktaion Antron ), one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus. Other legends place Zeus' birthplace as Idaean ...
Lykaia. In Ancient Greece, the Lykaia ( Greek: Λυκαία) was an archaic festival with a secret ritual on the slopes of Mount Lykaion ("Wolf Mountain"), the tallest peak in rustic Arcadia. The rituals and myths of this primitive rite of passage centered upon an ancient threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation ...
Liquid light show. Layers of colored mineral oil and alcohol move over the projector lens and produce changing color patterns. Liquid light shows (or psychedelic light shows) [not verified in body] are a form of light art that surfaced in the early 1960s as accompaniment to electronic music and avant-garde theatre performances. They were later ...
Disney Percy Jackson and the Olympians has taken viewers on a cross-country quest to find the thief of Zeus’ Master Bolt — and the season 1 finale provided all the answers. Warning: Spoilers ...
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The Astrologer who Fell into a Well. The Bald Man and the Fly. The Bear and the Travelers. The Beaver. The Belly and the Other Members. The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird. The Bird in Borrowed Feathers. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Bulls and the Lion.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, [1] made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus .