I couldn’t write about Typhon the super-destructor without mentioning his lovely lass Echidna, and in the spirit of equality she also gets a post. Echidna was a drakaina, basically a female dragon, although like the other lady dragons she was more of a serpent chick, with the snake bit on the bottom and the chick … Read more
Forget the Thrilla in Manilla, the Rumble in the Jungle, or The Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out, this was The Battle that Made the Earth Rattle! In the blue corner, wearing the sparkly gold trunks, the heavyweight super-god, champion of Olympus, father of gods and men and undisputed ruler of heaven, the almighty … Read more
Who were they and where did they come from? Well, it all starts with Chaos, which is interesting because it kind of ends up that way too. Then came Gaia and Eros (Love). A bit later Chaos gives birth to Erebus and Nyx (Darkness and Night), who give birth to a bunch of others like … Read more
Let’s have a look at how the ancient Greeks saw the world around them. They had a rather romantic view of their domain, and displayed little desire to explore beyond their immediate surroundings, despite what they believed existed just over the next mountain. I suppose living where they did, with a fairly pleasant climate and … Read more
Where were we? Oh yes, the world had been formed and populated, man now had woman and Prometheus had fallen foul of the gods for giving us a chunk of the sun to burn things with. Prometheus is seen as the civilizer of mankind, because his gift gave us the agent needed to heat our … Read more
Before the Romans came along and appropriated the stories and changed the names (to protect who? No one in them was innocent), it was the Greeks who developed an extensive pantheon of deities and an intricate set of fables and parables to go with them. Let’s start at the beginning shall we? No, let’s not. … Read more