Think trilogies originated with the romance industry or J.R.R. Tolkien? Oh contraire! Aeschylus, the dramatist with the oldest extant plays, created trilogies 2,500 years ago. His Oresteia is the only surviving trilogy, with its three plays —Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. The Oresteia tells the story of a Greek hero of the Trojan… Continue reading Mythic Monday: What Do You Know About Trilogies?
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Mythic Monday: 3 Prophecies the Mayans Didn’t Know About
Trojan prophetess Cassandra foretold the Trojan War and the inevitable destruction of the great city of Troy at the hands of the Greek invaders, led by Agamemnon, Odysseus, Menelaus, and others. Unfortunately, Apollo had cursed Cassandra to the end result that no one ever believed her visions of the future. Neither Cassandra’s kinfolk, the reigning… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 3 Prophecies the Mayans Didn’t Know About