An Overview: The Logic of/at Origin
The gigantomachia is an expression of a certain logic of/at... (more...)
Enuma Elish: Mother of all, why did you have to mother war?
Discord broke out among the gods although they were brothers,... (more...)
Marduk: 1,2,3
In the 'Hymn of the Fifty Names of Marduk', he... (more...)
Pelion and Ossa in Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Act 5, Scene 1) LAERTES: O,... (more...)
Pelion and Ossa in Rabelais
This response, quoth Pantagruel, maketh not very much for your... (more...)
The war of the Aloadai and the gods in Apollodorus
Aloeus married Triops’ daughter Iphimedeia, who, however, was in love... (more...)
The war of the Aloadai and the gods in Homer
Many of us who have our homes on Olympos endure... (more...)
The war of the Aloadai and the gods in Hyginus
Otos and Ephialtes, sons of Aloeus and Iphimede, are said... (more...)
The war of the Aloadai and the gods in Ovid
Nor were the heights of heaven more secure: Gigantes, it’s... (more...)
The war of the Aloadai and the gods in Virgil
Here [Tartaros] have I [the Cumaean Sibyl] seen the twin... (more...)