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Persephone-Kore the Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld
Video by Kelly Macquire

Persephone-Kore the Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld

Persephone-Kore was an agricultural deity as the goddess of spring, vegetation, and of grain, but she was also the Queen of the underworld and wife of Hades and, to the Romans, she was known as Proserpina. She was the daughter of Zeus, king...
Hestia the Greek Goddess of the Hearth and Home
Video by Kelly Macquire

Hestia the Greek Goddess of the Hearth and Home

Hestia is the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth and home, and of hospitality so her responsibilities included presiding over the preparation of family meals, baking bread, and entertaining guests. As the goddess of the family hearth and...
Dionysus the God of Wine, Festivity, and Theatre
Video by Kelly Macquire

Dionysus the God of Wine, Festivity, and Theatre

Dionysus, who was also known as Bacchus to both the Greeks and the Romans, was the ancient Greek god of wine, theatre, madness and wild frenzy, merriment, and vegetation. Like most other Greek deities, Dionysus had many dalliances with gods...
Zeus, God of the Sky and King of the Olympian Gods
Video by Kelly Macquire

Zeus, God of the Sky and King of the Olympian Gods

Zeus is probably the best known of all of the Greek gods as the king of the Olympian pantheon, and as the god responsible for the sky, thunder, and weather who is referred to as the cloud-gatherer. In Rome, he was known as Jupiter or Jove...
The Social War | 91 - 87 BC | Roman History
Video by Serapeum

The Social War | 91 - 87 BC | Roman History

Tensions between Rome and her Italian allies boil over into all out war, as the Republic reels from her biggest rebellion. 00:00 Italian Allies 01:00 Calls for Roman citizenship 02:42 Marcus Livius Drusus 03:53 The Social War 05:18...
Types of Old Norse-Icelandic Sagas!
Video by Irina Manea

Types of Old Norse-Icelandic Sagas!

Let's see how we can classify Icelandic stories! Were medieval Icelanders aware that some of the stories were bogus? What was the most important subject matter? Enjoy this short talk and subscribe for more! #norse #oldnorse #icelandic #icelandicsagas...
Magic Runes and Racial Identity
Video by Irina Manea

Magic Runes and Racial Identity

In this talk I present some considerations about the use of runes in Norse sources and draw attention to how they were instrumental in occult and nationalist circles in the 19th century up to Nazi ideology. Hope you find it entertaining...
King Tutankhamun and the Discovery of His Tomb
Video by Kelly Macquire

King Tutankhamun and the Discovery of His Tomb

King Tutankhamun (or King Tut as he is known) spent the early years of his life with the name Tutankhaten and was born in the eleventh year of the reign of his father Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who is better known as Akhenaten. While he was a...
Atalanta, a Huntress and Heroine of Greek Mythology
Video by Kelly Macquire

Atalanta, a Huntress and Heroine of Greek Mythology

Atalanta is a huntress and heroine in Greek mythology who, after being exposed as an infant because her parents wanted a son and not a daughter, was nursed by a she-bear before being found by hunters. Her name comes from the Greek ‘atalantê’...
Who are the Nine Muses of Greek Mythology?
Video by Kelly Macquire

Who are the Nine Muses of Greek Mythology?

The nine muses of Greek mythology are the goddesses of song, dance, music, and poetry and were among the most important deities of the ancient Greek pantheon as the source of inspiration for poets. The most common and widespread belief was...
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