Hermes has been alive for only a few hours when he finds a tortoise outside the cave where he was born. Most newborn gods might have left it alone. Hermes picks it up, examines it…
At the beginning of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, a girl is picking flowers in a meadow. Persephone is there with the daughters of Okeanos, gathering roses, crocuses, violets and irises, when she sees something extraordinary:…
Apollo with bow and kithara. Attic red-figure vase painting. At the beginning of the Iliad, an old priest walks away from the Greek camp in despair. His name is Chryses, and his daughter has been taken…
Hestia is one of the Olympian gods. She is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea, sister to Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon and Hades. Yet compared with the rest of her family, remarkably little happens to…
When we think of Dionysus today, we tend to think first of wine: the youthful god holding a drinking cup, surrounded by vines, satyrs and dancing maenads. The Greeks certainly knew him as the giver…
When we think of Aphrodite today, we tend to think first of love and beauty: the beautiful goddess born from the sea, accompanied by Eros, lover of Ares and mother of gods and heroes. To…
The Hoplite Association recently returned to Military Odyssey at the Kent Showground, Detling, for another excellent weekend of living history. Military Odyssey brings together re-enactors from a huge range of historical periods, and once again…
We were delighted to attend the Multi-Period Living History Weekend at Bodrhyddan Hall.
This family-friendly event had plenty to offer for everyone, featuring over 600 re-enactors displaying authentic period uniforms, original equipment and weaponry, as well as a wide range of demonstrations and exhibits.
Our biggest event of the year, Military Odysey, is a three-day multi-period living history held on the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Detling Show Ground in Kent. The show is packed full of living…
Some representations of historical scenes from Ancient sources. The farewell scene of a warrior departing to battle is a frequent subject of Attic vases in late Archaic and Classical Greece, indicating a significant preoccupation with…