What does Cyprus have to do with Greek Mythology?
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Cyprus is the legendary birthplace of the goddess of beauty, love, sex and passion, the beautiful Aphrodite. According to Hesiod's Theogony, the goddess, who was also known as Kypris or the Cyprian, emerged fully grown from the sea where the severed genitals of the god Uranus were cast by his son, Kronos, causing the sea to foam (Greek: Aphros). The legendary site of Aphrodite's birth from the foam is at 'Petra tou Romiou' ('Aphrodite's Rock'), a large stack in the sea close to the coastal cliffs near Paphos. Throughout ancient history, Cyprus was a flourishing centre for the cultic worship of Aphrodite.\n\nCyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros; Turkish: Kıbrıs) is a Eurasian island in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea south of the Anatolian peninsula (Asia Minor) or modern-day Turkey. The third largest island in the Mediterranean, it is currently divided into four main portions: the southern Republic of Cyprus (the predominantly Greek island nation-state), the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the United Nations-controlled Green Line separating the two, and two British Sovereign Base Areas.
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Hades is the Greek god of the Underworld; his Roman counterpart is Pluto.  Do not associate Hades with the devil, since he's not inherently evil.  In the beginning there were three realms: the earth, the water, and the underworld.  The three original gods - Zeus/Jupiter, Poseidon/Neptune, and Hades/Pluto - each became god of one of these realms.
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Well, the Greek and Roman mythology that we still have around today is about archetypes.  Carl Jung was the most famous philosopher/scientist on this subject.  He made the point that the gods and goddesses of the pagan pantheon represent eternal truths about the human condition, but that it is necessary to do some interpreting.  \n\nBut you can't count on them too much for morals and values; they were pretty bloodthirsty, some of them, and definitely had flaws.  Jealousy and dishonesty are well represented, for example.  We use them now mostly for a vocabulary; a way of expressing what we mean that we would not have if it weren't for Venus and Mars, for example.
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Type "Greek Mythology" or "Roman Mythology" in the Yahoo search bar. It gives you a lot of choices to choose from.
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Actually there are Greeks that still worship the Gods of the old religion( including Poseidon!)! Check the following sites!
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Sorry to disappoint, Odysseus is a mythical character in two of the Greek poet and story teller, Homer.  He interacted with the Gods and even went to Hades (the land of the dead) in his travels.  He was portrayed in Homer's works "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad"\n\nOther mythical (not real) characters are Hercules and King Arthur.
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This is good:\nhttp://www.mythweb.com/\nThis too:\nhttp://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/articles.html\nAnd this focuses on women in Greek myths:\nwww.paleothea.com
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I would go with Greek and/or Roman mythology.  There are so many websites and information to help you on this.
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Greek Reconstructionism\nhttp://www.hellenion.org/\nhttp://www.sponde.com/\nhttp://www.elaion.org/\n\nThey attempt to honor Greek Gods in a way that reflects the ancient Greek cultures as accurately as possible in our modern world.  Like any other Pagan Reconstructionist, they are an excellent source for accurate information concerning the culture of the peoples who once worshiped their deities.
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If I'm not mistaken the parthenon was built to honor Athena the goddess of war. It was later used as a Christian Church
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The ancient Greeks developed their gods as a way of explaining the universe and the causalities of day to day living.  The were big on developing ideas and loved to make aguements with philosophy- read Plato or Aristotle, but they didn't like testing their ideas all that much. This was long before the scientific method was developed.\n     If there was any reality to their conception of the gods is a different question.  Keep in mind that the lost city of Troy, central to greco-roman mythology, was considered myth until it was discovred in the 1870s.  \n     Other cultures have used gods/religion as a way of explaining things as well.  The Judeo-Christian god has its share of stories as well.\n     Bottom line is there is no proof on these gods, but who's to say otherwise?
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Ancient Greece offers us a wealth in all the areas you listed. Their dramas are still pertinent to this day ie the conflict of divided loyalties as presented in Sophocles "Antigone". We can learn much about human nature by exploring the mythology created by the Greeks as they sought to explain humans and their existence. They produced beautiful as well as utilitarian structures that celebrated life. They became a spring board for the developing mythologies of the East as they endeavored to portray deities as more accessible and supportive.
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In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them. From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Hence she is often referred to as Kypris and Cytherea. Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus and Dione. \nAfter her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods. He could hardly believe his good luck and used all his skills to make the most lavish jewels for her. He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. That was not very wise of him, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, and she was all too irresistible already. She loved gaiety and glamour and was not at all pleased at being the wife of sooty, hard-working Hephaestus. \n\nAphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. Among her mortal lovers, the most famous was perhaps Adonis. Some of her sons are Eros, Anteros, Hymenaios and Aeneas (with her Trojan lover Anchises). She is accompanied by the Graces. \n\nHer festival is the Aphrodisiac which was celebrated in various centers of Greece and especially in Athens and Corinth. Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented the goddess and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the methods of worship. Aphrodite was originally an old-Asian goddess, similar to the Mesopotamian Ishtar and the Syro-Palestinian goddess Ashtart. Her attributes are a.o. the dolphin, the dove, the swan, the pomegranate and the lime tree. \n\nIn Roman mythology Venus is the goddess of love and beauty.
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From the Greeks.  Named after Mount Olympus where the gods were and hence the first Greek Olympian games were invented. Covering wrestling, running marathons, disk throwing and many other sports.
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I think you mean Pyg‧ma‧li‧on  /pɪgˈmeɪliən, -ˈmeɪlyən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pig-mey-lee-uhn, -meyl-yuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation \n\n–noun 1. Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.  \n2. (italics) a comedy (1912) by George Bernard Shaw.
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Ancestors of modern greek people were people living in Byzantium. The ottomans (the modern turks) seized the Byzantinum empire at 1456, and greeks started a revolution to regain their independence in 1821, and in 1832 the Greek Country was first created. Of course, after almost 400 years under ottoman rule, the relationship of greeks with turks was far from good, and still remain so nowadays. \nCyprus was freed, too, in the events of 1821, but fell to the english slightly afterwards. By 1976, It was an independent country, free of english, but still unpowerful. Then, in cold blood, the turks invaded cyprus and claimed it as theirs. The greeks were supporting Cyprus' independence, so they couldn't find a way to work things out. So, they temporarily divided cyprus in two, with the northeast part being turkish and the southwest part being independent. This is how things are today, and a solution has yet to be found, because neither turks, or cyprians would step back...
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My great-aunt once wrote an entire book about Greek mythology in a sort of story-telling form. It was a very informative book, and it helped me stay aware of Greek and Roman references more often. People (including me) often speak of the weather as being "hotter than Hades" as a more polite way of saying "hotter than hell." Hades was the Greek god of the underworld, which would be compared to a Christian concept of hell. Companies still use these references even today in shoes (like Nike), sporting equipment, technological equipment, flowers (think FTD Florist using Hermes as their symbol), and cleaning supplies (think Ajax). As an English major, I wrote at least two poems with mythological references. I love the musical "My Fair Lady" which is related to "Pygmalion" and the old myth of the man who created his ideal woman. If you watch Disney's "Monsters Inc." there is one part where the little one-eyed monster Mike is contemplating how to smuggle the little girl Boo back into the company, and he uses a Greek reference to the Trojan horse, but dismisses it as "Too Greek!" Children would probably not understand what he said, but those of us who have studied mythology would. I do not use mythology as a replacement for religion, but it helps to understand historical references and symbolism around us.