Ancient and Classical History - Recent Questions and Answers
To most people, the term “Ancient History” brings certain things to mind – Toga parties, cool Greek ruins, and that film with scantily-clad men with big wells. But ask them for cla...
Reflecting back on the past gives humans the ability to look objectively at themselves--the way people think, feel, and behave in different cultural circumstances. History feels so...
The noble companion archetype:
If one interprets Jung’s shadow, as in most cases, a primordial darkness in the unconscious of the epic hero, then it is the “Noble companion” arch...
Religion, myth, and ritual, when you hear these words what pops into your head? A man in a white robe, a dragon, or perhaps candles and pentagrams? All these things would be right....
A mythology is defined as a collection of myths, hence the name, of one religion and or cultural tradition. These myths are the customary stories of how that culture or religion tr...
Greek mythology is full of tales about gods and goddesses, heroes and villains. Among them lived one of the greatest, strongest, most popular hero who has ever lived. His name in G...
When we learn about classical civilizations in school, we're generally taught about Greek and Roman gods together, as if they're one set of deities with two different names. But re...
The often cited myth of the hero Heracles (Hercules) and the Twelve Labors has been misconstrued by popular culture a number of times. On account of this, the popular image of He...
Who were the Greek Gods and Goddesses? This is a question that has intrigued historians for centuries, and it is not a question that is easily answered. This is because there are...
To participate as an active citizen in today's modern society is to engage in a collective consciousness that has pervaded humnkind before the earliest emergences of writing.One cu...
The life of any figure from past epochs is inevitably obscured by the limited sources history hands to us. The famed Athenian philosopher, Socrates, was no exception. During the 5...
In book 6 of his histories, the Greek author Polybius outlines his theory of the mixed constitution, describing the Roman government as an example. After first describing the three...
King Kong, mighty Joe Young and the Yeti are all giants, true. Stories in tabloid magazines and speculative documentaries tell of giant ape like creatures nine feet tall killing de...
Greek mythology is a subject that is still frequently alluded to in many forms of media today. Though the people who expressed belief in these gods and goddesses were assimilated i...
I'm sure you've seen those advertisements saying Champagne only comes from Champagne, France, not from the Napa Valley in California. Or maybe you've read about Parma, Italy's che...
The impact of the French Revolution on Germany and the rest of Europe, and especially the ties that existed between the French and the German secret mystical societies in the late ...