Questions tagged [greek-myth]
Greek Mythology is the body of stories and myths that deal with Ancient Greeks; specifically their Gods, heroes, heroines and how the ancient world works and its creation. If your question is about the ancient myths themselves, not how they are portrayed in a science fiction or fantasy fiction work, you may ask it on the Mythology Stack Exchange website instead of here.
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When were the Greek and Roman gods first depicted as separate gods that could interact with each other?
In my line of Percy Jackson-inspired / Wonder Woman-connected questions, and I know about Interpretatio graeca... I could ask about split or unity of divine entities, but split is more characters more ...
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When was the first character that was a Greek demigod without being one of the mythological ones?
Percy Jackson made modern demigods of the Greek gods popular... Ish? But there's gotta be older ones, I'm quite sure.
But I haven't heard of them, so who's the oldest?
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Short story I read in the 70s about a bartender who orders an obscure drink for a customer and finds he is Apollo
I'm trying to identify the only story I remember from a thin paperback of short stories, about 200 pages, from the mid-late 70s. The story itself could well be older. The cover art featured a bald ...
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Swords and sandals movie where the ancient Greek hero fights in space
I remember a peplum / swords and sandals movie where the protagonist (Hercules or whatever his name is) eventually fights the main villain in space.
They are fighting on the moon (or a different ...
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Movie where the daughter of Apollo descends to Earth and ends up in a hair salon
I'm looking for a movie where the daughter of Apollo descends to Earth and ends up in a hair salon. If she gets angry, she raises her arms to call for her father's help, which triggers thunder and ...
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Mythology researcher gets pulled into helping Artemis in the modern world
I suspect that I'm just a few keywords away from figuring this one out, but I either listened to an audiobook of this, or read an ebook, in August of 2022 or 2023 because I remember partaking of it ...
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Greek Mythology Movie about Theseus and the Minotaur
Hope someone else has seen this movie based on Theseus and the Minotaur.
When I was a kid (age 4-10) between 1977 and 1983, I remember watching a classic movie about the myth of Theseus and the ...
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Illustrated children's book series with Greek Mythology references
I'm trying to find a book series. I remember there were lot of Greek Mythology references including
Medea in one of the books
someone called Nico (or potentially that's Nico from Pharesee)
the ...
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Book involving a secret agent who travels back in time to the Bronze Age, along with Hercules and a Scythian girl
Looking for the title of a book I read in the late 90s. A time traveling secret agent is sent back to the Bronze age seeking missing comrades. He is met by a cabal of engineered Greek Gods who are ...
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Are ancient Greek stories a key to unlock large sections of MacDonald’s ‘At the Back of the North Wind’?
In the first paragraph of MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind, the autor introduces the reader to an “old Greek writer,” as well as other important parts of his book and its enigmatic title:
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What's the deal with Chrysaor's mask?
In The Mark of Athena, we see the villain Chrysaor, also referred to as the Golden Boy. He wore a gorgon mask that covered his face. When Frank Zhang attacked him (in the form of a grizzly bear), he ...
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Was the name "Thanos" derived from "Thanatos", the name of the Greek god of death?
This is intended to be an out-of-universe question
I recently learned of Thanatos the Greek god of death, and I could not help but notice how similar the name Thanos is to the name Thanatos. This got ...
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Graphic novel about an older Jason of the Argonauts fame
I recall reading a graphic novel recently about a group of adventurers who went on a quest to find out why the Gods (Olympians) had ceased interacting with humanity.
The cast included:
Jason the ...
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How did Odysseus get injured on his leg?
When I read "The Song of Achilles", the book made repeated mentions of a wound on Odysseus's leg long before the Trojan War, but never really explains how he got it. What is the story behind it?
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Scifi/Greek mythology graphic novel where the Greek gods were actually a space-faring civilization from a different dimension
I read this scifi/Greek mythology graphic novel I read a few years back ~2013-14. The main premise was that the Greek gods were actually a space-faring civilization from a different dimension, while ...
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