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⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible

⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible

⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible

⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible

⭐ MUST READ: Seductive Sirens of Greek Mythology and How Heroes Resisted Them
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! 💭
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/sirens-greek-mythology-008198
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

As mentioned before, the topic of historical games is currently reorganized on our #wiki. And that line of work brought us the latest subpage, a transcription of a #publicDomain article "Musical Games of Antiquity" by J. F. Rowbotham from 1899:

http://musicgames.wikidot.com/source:rowbotham-musical-games-of-antiquity

The central activity in the text is "The Cottabos" consisting of throwing wine to a cup and listening to the sound...

If you see any flaws on the page you'll need to say here -- "sources" category is editable only for moderators.
Suggestions always welcome! :)

#ethnomusicology #musicHistory #ancientGreece

Rings forged from meteorites may have been fashionable among ancient Greek elite

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-forged-meteorites-fashionable-ancient-greek.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298283

#HackerNews #Rings #Meteorites #AncientGreece #Fashion #Archaeology

Associated Press: Athens is cleaning its all-marble Olympic stadium for the first time in more than a century. “Athens’ U-shaped Panathenaic Stadium — made entirely of white marble — is getting its first systematic cleaning in more than a century. Rebuilt for the first modern Olympics in 1896, the site is the ceremonial send-off point for the Olympic flame, including for Los Angeles 2028.”

Lentes plano-convexas de cuarzo encontradas en el templo de Atenea de Ialisos, Rodas, y datadas del 750-700 a.C. Producen en torno a 10 aumentos con distorsiones y un campo de visión limitado pero, aún así, capaces de mostrar detalles no distinguibles sin ellas. Posiblemente, aquellas de mejor calidad facilitaban a los artesanos trabajar en miniaturas más finas. 📷Georgia Tsouvala et al., 2024 #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece #herramientas #tools

The Reality of Dreams

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/

So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

#HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

#HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

#HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

#HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

#HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

Was the Odyssey real? 3,000-year-old sanctuary of legendary Trojan War hero Odysseus discovered in Greece | World News

Ruins of the sanctuary site at Ithaca, where archaeologists uncovered evidence of long-standing worship linked to Odysseus. A…
#Greece #GR #Europe #Europa #EU #ancientepic #AncientGreece #archaeologicaldiscoveryGreece #greece #herocults #Homerichero #Ithacadiscovery #Odysseus #odyssey #trojanwar #Ελλάδα #νεα
https://www.europesays.com/2916687/

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 & 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗱 -

Going way back now, one of Greece's earliest poets with the earliest versions of the Greek creation along with didactic verse of right behavior.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #hesiod #theogony #worksanddays #greekmythology #poetry #ancientgreece #didacticpoetry #creationmyth

What is our favourite #ancientGreek play?

Mine is The Frogs by Aristophanes. 🐸

#WorldTheatreDay #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion #theatre

Since today is #WorldTheatreDay – you all know this already – but #Dionysos is the God of Theatre!

#Theatre performances were held in his honour and probably evolved from the jokes made during the Dionysia's procession of phalloi 🎭

@mythology @pagan #PhallusThursday #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion

New track from me, LAGRANGE POINT 6 out now just on Bandcamp. YouTube etc to follow. From my forthcoming album 'Heros' on the heroes of Ancient Greece.

https://lagrangepoint6.bandcamp.com/track/ariadnes-thread-part-three

#Bandcamp #ElextronicMusic #DavidBedford #AncientGreece #GreekMythology #Theseus #Ariadne #Minotaur

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #rabelais #french #humanism ##religion #judaica #chassidic #mysticism #iamblichus #philosophy #AncientGreece #JoeSunpool #NativeAmerican #DonWilcox

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #rabelais #french #humanism ##religion #judaica #chassidic #mysticism #iamblichus #philosophy #AncientGreece #JoeSunpool #NativeAmerican #DonWilcox

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #rabelais #french #humanism ##religion #judaica #chassidic #mysticism #iamblichus #philosophy #AncientGreece #JoeSunpool #NativeAmerican #DonWilcox

@pareidolia I have yet to go to #Thrace (#BucketList destination). The #StreetArt by #iNO featuring #Democritus , to my #ChemicalEye 👁️ the most visionary of #philosophers in #AncientGreece , is located in Piareus, the main port to #Athens. https://streetartnews.net/2015/09/we-have-power-new-mural-by-ino-in.html

Another informative piece by Joshua J. Mark (one of my sources for "Women in the Ancient World"). Also, ever wonder where #Christianity got some of their ideas about the #afterlife? Pretty much, they took what they wanted (or what was popular), then banned the Rites.

The #EleusinianMysteries: The Rites of #Demeter

by Joshua J. Mark
published on 18 January 2012

"The #RitesOfEleusis, or the Eleusinian Mysteries, were the secret rituals of the mystery school of #Eleusis and were observed regularly from c. 1600 BCE - 392 CE. Exactly what this mystic ritual was no one knows; but why the ancient Greeks participated in it can be understood by the testimonials of the initiated.

"The Eleusinian Mysteries, held each year at Eleusis, Greece, fourteen miles northwest of Athens, were so important to the Greeks that, until the arrival of the Romans, The Sacred Way (the road from Athens to Eleusis) was the only road, not a goat path, in all of central Greece. The mysteries celebrated the story of Demeter and #Persephone but, as the initiated were sworn to secrecy on pain of death as to the details of the ritual, we do not know what form these rituals took. We do know, though, that those who participated in the mysteries were forever changed for the better and that they no longer feared death.

"The rituals were based on a symbolic reading of the story of Demeter and Persephone and provided initiates with a vision of the afterlife so powerful that it changed the way they saw the world and their place in it. Participants were freed from a fear of death through the recognition that they were immortal souls temporarily in mortal bodies. In the same way that Persephone went down to the land of the dead and returned to that of the living each year, so would every human being die only to live again on another plane of existence or in another body."

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/32/the-eleusinian-mysteries-the-rites-of-demeter/

#ReligiousHistory #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Eschatology #ImmortalSoul #Hallucinogens

Hi, I am a historian working mainly on subjects involving radicals, nationalists and people living against the grain. Most recently I have been working on #decadentwomen and the #decadents of the #findesiecle. Also interested in #ancientGreece and general aspects of #history

DeepMind’s new AI tool helps resolve debate over ancient Athenian decrees - Enlarge / This fragmented inscription records a decree concerning the A... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1839561 #artificialintellignece #deepneuralnetworks #digitalhumanities #machinelearning #gaming&culture #ancientgreece #ancienttexts #science