Above is a map of Ancient Greece and surrounding areas showing Potidea (Gabrielle’s hometown), Amphipolis (hometown of Xena), the island of Lesbos, Mt. Olympus, and the major city-states. Also shown is Dyrracheum (in present day Albania) and Farsala. “A Good …
Dionysia, Anthesteria, Panathena, Thesmophoria RURAL DIONYSIA – 26 Poseideon (December) GREAT DIONYSIA – 10-17 Elaphebolion (March) The Rural Dionysia was originally held in the Attica town of Eleutherae and probably celebrated the cultivation of vines. It was not, in the …
Clothos, Lachesis, and Atropos In ancient Greece, The Moirai (Fates) were usually depicted as unattractive old women, sometimes crippled. At the time of a person’s birth, the Fates spun out the thread of that life, and directed the consequences of …
