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A calathus / ˈ k æ l ə θ ə s / or kalathos / ˈ k æ l ə ˌ θ ɒ s / (Ancient Greek: κάλαθος, plural calathi or kalathoi κάλαθοι) was a basket in the form of a top hat, used to hold wool or fruit, often used in ancient Greek art as a symbol of abundance and fertility. These baskets were made by weaving together reeds or ...
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.
Castalia / k ə ˈ s t eɪ l i ə / (Ancient Greek: Κασταλία, romanized: Kastalia), in ancient Greek and Roman literature, [1] was the name of a spring near Delphi, sacred to the Muses; it is also known as the Castalian Spring.
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...
In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis ( Ancient Greek : Καινίς , romanized : Kainís ), the daughter of Elatus , but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by ...
The ancient Greek noun Opora referred to the part of the year between the rising of the stars Sirius and Arcturus, that is the end of July, all August and part of September at the end of summer; later it was used for late summer [3] and autumn. [4] In extension of its use for fruit-time it could refer to fruit itself, and figuratively to summer ...
The lotus tree (Ancient Greek: λωτός, lōtós) is a plant that is referred to in stories from Greek and Roman mythology. The lotus tree is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as bearing a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness, and which was said to be the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi or lotus-eaters. When they ate of the ...