Mythology Archive
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Shepherds
Posted on March 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe presence of fossil echinoids in archaeological sites in southern England that range from the Palaeolithic through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, Romano-British to Anglo-Saxon indicates that humans have long had a propensity for collecting these fossils. -
Lessons from a Demigod
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe Epic of Gilgamesh has been read in the modern world for a little longer than a century, and, in that time, this oldest of stories has become a classic college text. -
Myth and History in Oikist Traditions: Archias of Syracuse
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsIn this paper I shall briefly introduce an oikist tradition that grew around the foundation of Syracuse in the middle of the eighth century BCE. -
Hector and Iliad VI
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsHomer?s Iliad is the tale of the ninth year of the Trojan War, narrating events in both the Trojan city and the Achaean camp. The work is grand in its scope and remains character driven; for this reason we still discuss Achilles, Odysseus, Hector, and Paris as if they were real people. -
The Lecherous Pseudo-Anubis of Josephus and the
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsWhile a variety of sources testify to the expulsion of foreign priests from Rome under Tiberius, Josephus is the only ancient author to explain the Emperor -
Hybrid monsters in the Classical World : the nature and function of hybrid monsters in Greek mythology, literature and art
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No CommentsIn the search for satisfying answers to these questions an in-depth review of two examples of human-animal hybrids -
Monsters in the Roman Sky: Heaven and Earth in Manilius’ Astronomica
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsThe five-book astrological poem of Manilius, composed during the final years of Augustus -
Pigs and Their Prohibition
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsBecause no single discipline or explanation seems adequate to understandthis practice, the search draws data from biology, anthropology, ancient history, mythology, religion, and ecology. Some have dismissed religious explanations as ar- bitrary and tautological, but the information provided in this article shows that religious beliefs are important. -
Symbolic Perceptions of New Kingdom Watercraft: Building Boats from Gods
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsI contribute an anthropological perspective to the well attested association between Egyptian watercraft and interment, illuminating the use of symbolic watercraft by the deceased. -
The Divine Eye in Ancient Egypt and in the Midrashic Interpretation of Formative Judaism
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsGenerally, the eye in the ancient Near Eastern world represented an all-seeing and omnipresent divinity. The eye served as the focus of all types of myths relating to the visually perceivable. In other words, a deity was reduced to an eye, and the form of the symbol suggested a meaning to the viewer or religious practitioner. When the eye is transformed into language, an ocular icon becomes a verbal icon.
