Essays on Greek Mythology

The vampire embodies both man’s desire for eternal life and fear of the unnatural. The vampire is an interesting creature. Vampirism itself is a form of a curse usually passed on through the bite of a vampire though some versions believe that one must drink...

Vampires have a very rich and varied history. Belief in vampire-like creatures can be found all over the world and dates as far back as ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and ancient Rome. There have even been periods in time when vampire belief was so mainstream it...

Inside the pages of the first book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we find an 11-year old boy represent what we all call a “hero”. While this term was not coined for the purpose of the plot to Harry Potter, it has, in fact,...

Although the Odyssey, written by Homer, is a one in a lifetime story, there are many modern day heroes that relate to Odysseus. John F. Kennedy and Odysseus are two people that would classify as being similar. Kennedy and Odysseus have been through journeys that...

That striking similarity is known as the hero’s journey. First observed and documented by Joseph Campbell, the hero’s journey is a concept in which heroes, or people who commit actions for the greater good, follow a three-step cycle known as departure, fulfillment, and return. At...

This was the question that Muirz asked about Campbell in the book ‘Sultan of Myth’ (The National Project of Translation, 2002). He was surprised by Campbell’s remarkable passion for mythology and even devoted his life to studying it in its various cultural and cultural manifestations....

The story of Niobe, as told by Achilles in book twenty-four of the Iliad, is related to Priam for the purpose of making the latter eat, though he is grieving the loss of Hector, whose body he has come to ransom. This tale can be...