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Metageitnion 4. Mesountos

Dionysian Festivals and the Great Dionysia.

Trygaios Aristeides

Dionysian Festivals and the Great Dionysia.

09 September 2022

Aristophanes Is Obsessed with Me.

Euripides

26 July
Orestes Killed His Mother, Queen Clytemestra.

Orestes Killed His Mother, Queen Clytemestra.

Aeschylus

26 July
Helen of Sparta Fled to Troy with Paris.

Helen of Sparta Fled to Troy with Paris.

Trygaios Aristeides

26 July
Will Orestes Be Cleansed of His Crimes at the Areopagus?

Will Orestes Be Cleansed of His Crimes at the Areopagus?

Aeschylus

Orestes is being tried at the Areopagus.

06 September
Iphigenia Escapes from Tauris with Her Brother Orestes.

Iphigenia Escapes from Tauris with Her Brother Orestes.

Euripides

Iphigenia, serving as a priestess of Goddess Artemis in Tauris, escapes with her...

05 September
Iphigenia is Sacrificed to Goddess Artemis.

Iphigenia is Sacrificed to Goddess Artemis.

Euripides

Iphigenia is being sacrificed to Goddess Artemis by her father, Agamemnon, to bring favorable winds.

05 September 2021
Agathon's Symposium

Agathon's Symposium

Anonim

20 August
The streets of the Agora will come alive again.

The streets of the Agora will come alive again.

Anonim

17 August
All the Gods Gather at the Feast.

All the Gods Gather at the Feast.

Anonim

17 August
Achilles Repaid His Debt of Loyalty to His Friend.

Achilles Repaid His Debt of Loyalty to His Friend.

Homer

Having lost his close friend in the Trojan War, Achilles held a funeral for Patr...

17 August
Cleisthenes' Reforms in Full Swing

Cleisthenes' Reforms in Full Swing

Trygaios Aristeides

With Dracon, we planted stones into the ground; with Solon, we removed them; and...

17 August

The Story of Trygaios

Ancient Greek Vase Painting

 The Wine of Ismaros Gave Life to Odysseus.

The Wine of Ismaros Gave Life to Odysseus.

Struggling on his journey back from the Trojan War, Odysseus managed to survive...

 This time, the gods won the game.

This time, the gods won the game.

Until now, Sisyphus had outwitted the gods, but now he is firmly in their grasp.

 A Threat from Achilles to Agamemnon

A Threat from Achilles to Agamemnon

During the Trojan War, when a fierce dispute arose between them, Achilles threat...

 Will Heracles Never Die?

Will Heracles Never Die?

Heracles attained immortality by plucking the golden apples of the Hesperides, w...

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