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post Jun 4 2012, 10:30 PM

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QUOTE(ray123 @ Jun 4 2012, 09:47 PM)
Norse mythology is grim and dark. Greek and Roman gods aren't "heroic" because they were like spoiled, gifted children and weren't afraid to show off their powers. They were immortal and even in the bloodbath of the Trojan War as told in the Iliad they simply "fled" back to Olympus when their possessed avatars were defeated in the field of battle.

Norse mythology is all about the ending, the gods and heroes already know that Ragnarok was approaching for all of them. All that remained were for them to do mighty deeds so that they could be remembered and be honored before their time was up.
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I should read more on Norse myth... I feel it's interesting, but I'm not sure where to start... Do you have any recommendation of a book?
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post Jun 4 2012, 10:59 PM

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QUOTE(china_dude 02 @ Jun 4 2012, 09:31 PM)
ok tell me the beginning of greek myth
the beginning as i wanted to know moar
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I'll refer to Apollodorus' The Library... since I can't remember every detail...

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Theogony
Ouranos, the personification(?) of the sky, married Gaia, the earth, and fathered the Hundred-Handers, and the Cyclopes (Arges, Steropes and Brontes) among others. But Ouranos hurled his children into Tartaros (a place of darkness, as distant from earth as the earth from the sky), and then he fathered the Titans, Cronos being the youngest of all.

Gaia persuaded the Titans to attack Ouranos, having been angered by his action, and gave an adamantine (a mythical metal of extreme hardness) sickle to Cronos. The Titans attacked their father, and Cronos severed his father's genitals and threw them into the sea. The Furies (or the Erinyes) were born from the drops of blood of Ouranos that fell on Gaia. When the Titans had won, they entrusted the leadership to Cronos. Cronos married his sister Rhea, and swallowed his children as they were born (after Gaia and Ouranos had prophesied that Cronos' power would be stripped off by his own son).

Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cave on Mount Dicte. Zeus was protected by the Curetes and the nymphs. The Curetes would beat their spears against their shields to prevent Cronos from hearing the child's voice. Rhea passed a stone wrapped in fabric to Cronos to swallow (I still remember this one in God of War II(?)).

When Zeus was grown, he was helped by Metis (Metis personifies cunning intelligence), and she gave Cronos a drug to swallow, which resulted in the gods whom he swallowed to be disgorged. Zeus and the gods went to war against Cronos and the Titans. Gaia prophesied that Zeus would obtain victory if he freed those hurled into the Tartaros. So, Zeus set them free, and the Cyclopes gave Zeus thunder and lightning, Hades a helmet of invisibility, and Poseidon a trident. With these weapons, the gods won over the Titans, and kept them in the Tartaros. Zeus then governed over the heavens, Poseidon over the sea and Hades over the Underworld...
Sorry if it looks as if it was copied from a book, because for the most part, it is.
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post Jun 4 2012, 11:03 PM

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QUOTE(Avangelice @ Jun 4 2012, 10:34 PM)
Who thinks the User bar could use a little Greek War phonopoly.

Btw Since we are on Greek stuff, why do you think their culture revolves around homophobia?  I came across an article explaining this culture and it was explained by a Spartan. When both men come in a relationship of sorts that involves intimacy, there lies a bridge to pass on the art of war from lover to lover.

In Thebes, the Sacred band consists of all lovers.
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You're welcome to make another userbar, the one I made wasn't really planned... biggrin.gif

QUOTE(ray123 @ Jun 4 2012, 11:01 PM)
Oh wow.... it's in poetic form.... doh.gif I give too many excuses...

This post has been edited by Magick Cauldron: Jun 4 2012, 11:07 PM
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post Jun 5 2012, 12:15 AM

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Updated... if any one cares about poetry... sweat.gif
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post Jun 5 2012, 12:22 PM

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Updated Famous Poets section! blush.gif
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post Jun 5 2012, 10:32 PM

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QUOTE(Magick Cauldron @ Jun 4 2012, 07:46 PM)
The Wife of Usher's Well
Written by anonymous, 17th century.
It's a ballad and tells a sad story...

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Would... anyone want to... read poetry right now? shakehead.gif
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post Jun 9 2012, 06:59 PM

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QUOTE(-PraV- @ Jun 9 2012, 09:24 AM)
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lol..

just got back from vakasyun..
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post Jun 16 2012, 05:54 PM

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Ancient Greece Jeopardy

It's a 2-player game. Is anyone interested?

Edit: My bad, it's for 1 computer.

This post has been edited by Magick Cauldron: Jul 4 2012, 08:24 PM
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post Jul 4 2012, 08:25 PM

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Made a short Greek myth quiz!
You're welcome to post more quizzes on Greek mythology.
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post Jul 5 2012, 10:23 PM

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A short Greek myth quiz on page 1 if anyone is concerned!
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post Jul 8 2012, 06:31 PM

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bump for short quiz on the first page
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post Jul 13 2012, 11:11 PM

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QUOTE(-PraV- @ Jul 12 2012, 08:43 PM)
eh, the quiz questions are too hard for me..
the only one I can answer is number 4, they're the fates
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aww... that's still wrong... not the fates...

This post has been edited by Magick Cauldron: Jul 15 2012, 06:37 PM
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post Jul 15 2012, 06:38 PM

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anyone wants to have a try at the short quiz on the first page?

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