I’m back with another installment of my lesser known domains series. You can read previous articles about Athena, Dionysus, Posiedon, and Hades in the archives. Today I’m going to tell you all about Apollo. Apollo is best known for two things– being the god of music and being the god of the sun. Apollo had a few other domains, and one of them might surprise you; it seems contradictory to the other.

You’ve heard all about Athena’s ferocious side, why Dionysus is the god of Theater, and how Hades came to be the one rolling in gold. Today we’re going to talk about Poseidon. When Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon (the three sons of Kronos) sat down to split dominions, Zeus got the sky and Hades got the…

I’m back with another little-known-domains post. Previously I told you all about how Dionysus came to be the God of theater and how Athena is not just a brainiac, but a warrior. Today’s post is about Hades, Lord of the Dead, and how he’s not just the god of the underworld. Hades, Lord of the…

Last week I wrote a post explaining how Dionysus, god of wine, came to be the god of theater and springtime. Today, I bring an article about my favorite Olympian, Athena. We all know her as the goddess of wisdom, but how many of you can list her lesser domains? The first thing to note…

My college room mate is working on a beautiful series of illustrations for Olympia Heights. The first, which is available on Redbubble for sale as an iPhone case or print, was of Lewis Mercer (Hermes). Here is the second piece, a portrait of Zach Jacobs, the character on the cover of the first book.  …

★★★★☆ “Zeus granted immortality to two brothers and bound them to his service. Three thousand years later they serve him on Earth, hunting fugitives from Olympus, and maintaining balance and order between the human realm and the divine.” I picked up Olympus, written by Nathan Edmonson, art by Christian Ward, at the Alabama Phoenix Festival in Birmingham,…

Art has been inspired by classical mythology for hundreds of years. These are five artists who are being inspired today. 1. Terry Strickland (http://terrystricklandart.com/) Terry Strickland may be my mother in law, but that obvious bias doesn’t take away from the fact that she is an AMAZING artist and has been since long before I met…

Etymologists (people who study words and their histories) should be very familiar with Ancient Greek language and culture. Latin words make up about 50% of the English language, and the Romans borrowed their mythology from the Greeks. Greek words make up another estimated 5%. So what words and phrases come directly from Greek mythology? Here…

Ancient Greece has been a topic of fascination for artists and poets for hundreds of years. During the Renaissance, classical mythology became a favorite subject for the great thinkers of Europe. Myths have been translated and passed down, retold and embellished. In more recent history, archaeologists have excavated sites in Ancient Greek territories to discover…

Olympia Heights Anniversary Week Party: Day 1- Quiz Happy Monday! Today, I bring you the first event of the Olympia Heights anniversary week party. The following quiz was made with QuizSnack and features 6 quick questions to help determine Which Greek God Are You? The personality profiles for this quiz are based on the characters in…

A few weeks back I brought you a breakdown of my Magic The Gathering, Harry Potter themed deck. I don’t know if my regular base of readers cares at all about MTG, but it brought a lot of outside traffic, so someone cares! Here is another themed-deck of mine. Sacred Nectar is a Greek Mythology…

Back in my undergrad studies, I had the brilliant idea to write a modern Greek comedy. The play itself was full of superficial Greek mythology jokes, but was scrapped because it lacked heart. Some day I might revamp it. Today, after a conversation in my graduate Young Adult Literature class about teen sexuality, I recalled…