Hermes: So How Did Hyacinthus Die?

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Ate (Ἄτη) was the goddess of mischief and ruin

Menelaus: Fine, but if we die, I'm going to get Odysseus' ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute, so I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.

Agamemnon: I'll just hire Achilles' ghost to kick your ghost's ass.

Achilles: My ghost won't associate with your ghost.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[H] - Hera (Ἥρᾱ) is the wife of Zeus, the Queen of Olympus, and the Olympian goddess of marriage. As such, she is also the deity most associated with family and the welfare of women and children.

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[B] - Baldr was favorite son of Óðinn and Frigg, Hermóðr brother, Nanna’s husband, Forseti’s father. The myth of the death of Baldr is a kind of introduction to the Scandinavian eschatological cycle - his death serves as foreboding of the destruction of the gods and the whole world (Ragnarok).

It is impossible to completely exclude the connection of the myth of Baldr with the cults of fertility and ancient oriental myths, and even more so Christian influences. At its core, the myth of Baldr is most likely a myth of the first death, complicated by the motives of military initiations (the names are characteristic: Baldr - lord, Höðr - fighter, Hermóðr - courageous). It is possible that Höðr is “the murderer by the hand” (handbani); Baldr - the hypostasis of Odin himself; in a certain sense, Loki - his “assassin advice” (ráðbani) is also Odin’s “counterpart”.

A very significant difference between the story of Baldr and other subjects of Scandinavian mythology, which received a narrative development, is that it depicts not a struggle with external forces, but a dramatic collision within the aces community. This is connected with the cult roots of the legend about Baldr, and with the fact that it was included in the tradition of the Scandinavian mythological epic at a later stage than other plots.

Something was in that Spartan water 💀

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[P] - Phobos (Φόβος) was the god of fear. The followers of his cult made bloody sacrifices.

Pallas Athena

Ares trying to parent on the battlefield

Ares: PHOBOS, DEIMOS, STOP TRYING TO ROAST YOUR SANDWICHES VIA THE FIRE BREATHING HORSES. I TOLD YOU TO EAT BEFORE BATTLE OR NOT AT ALL.

The divine horses of Achilles, Balios and Xanthos ~ Giorgio de Chirico, 1963

Oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales ~ Australia.

In Greek mythology, the Horses of Achilles are a pair of immortal horses which were given to Peleus by Poseidon as a gift when he married Thetis. These horses eventually drew the chariot of Achilles during the Trojan War. These horses were born to Zephyrus and Podarge, and they are named Balius (Greek: Βαλιος, Balios, “piebald”) and Xanthus (Greek: Ξανθος, Xanthos, “bayard”).

*Phobos passing by with a knife*

Ares: Is that for your brother?

Phobos: Yup.

Ares:I don't think so...

*Ares passes him a bigger knife*

Phobos: Thanks dad!

Aphrodite *following him behind*: Wait! No killing your brother!