"Ishtar!" Shala loudly whispered as she nervously poked her head out of a fully bloomed rose bush in the large deserted gardens. Gazing up at the gigantic gold shimmering building across the field she cried "Ishtar!! Are you in there? Ishtar! Ishtar!!" "Keep it down!" Ningal growled under her breath as she admonished her friend. "Your whispering is far too...
Aphrodite - Daughter of Zeus, Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality Artemis - Daughter of Zeus, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and chastity Athena - Daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. Zeus - King of the Greek gods Ares -...
Greek Gods -------------- Zeus - King of the Greek gods Hera - Queen of the Greek gods, sister and wife of Zeus Hades - god of the underworld, brother of Zeus Poseidon - god of the sea, brother of Zeus Demeter - goddess of harvest and fertility of the earth, sister of Zeus Aphrodite - Daughter of Zeus and Dione, Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality...
Greek Gods ------- Zeus - King of the Greek gods Hera - Queen of the Greek gods, sister and wife of Zeus Hades - god of the underworld, brother of Zeus Poseidon - god of the sea, brother of Zeus Demeter - goddess of harvest and fertility of the earth, sister of Zeus Aphrodite - Daughter of Zeus and Dione, Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality Artemis...
It had been hell since Elsa moved in with us. * Don't get me wrong – I didn't do anything to stop it. After all, she seemed nice enough, she was Jen's girlfriend, and so sure, why not? I was surprised Jen had gone for her – she was a lot older, for one. I mean, we were what, twenty-one, twenty-two at the time? And she was thirty-seven. She wasn't exactly a...
. . . It was one of those times when all she wanted was time to herself. A 48-hour period where there were no responsibilities; no need to be somewhere by a certain time; the ability to forget about others schedules and just focus on herself. She agrees with George Bernard Shaw who said "youth is wasted on the young." Gone are the days of weekend escapes to...
Kathleen drifted slowly up from sleep. Gems of reflected sunlight from the crystal chandelier in their bedroom, danced across the ceiling. Sleep, blessed sleep. She couldn't get enough. She was always tired. Her once glowing golden tresses hung over her shoulders, limp and mousy. She knew she was ill. The doctors Dion had brought had all tried to convince he...
Archimedes brushed his bearded chin as he stared down at the crown shining under the light of an oil lamp. Strands of dark curly hair with streaks of white fell across his sweaty knitted brows. Finally he drew an inward sigh, stared into space and scratched his head. His face was confounded. The golden crown belonged to Hieron, king of Syracuse, a Greek co...
I am writing this elegy to the Greece I love at a time when it is being carved up like a Christmas turkey by the forces of so-called "modernisation" that have already ravaged the USA and western Europe. I am sick at heart at what is being destroyed, and the people who are being reduced to poverty and desperation. What can I do? I am a storyteller, so I tell...
Spending a month island-hopping in Greece was my idea. Susie loves the sun and we don't see much of it in England for most of the year. Our daughters left the nest a couple of years ago, so it didn't take much of an effort to convince my wife to take a holiday in June, before the main holiday season begins. "Smart thinking, Jimmy!" was what she said. In he...