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The Arian Controversy - Arius, the heresy named Arian after him
Arius, the heresy named Arian after him, the controversy and adoption of the Nicene Creed at the Council at Nicea, and the changing reactions to the Arian heresy

Tullus Hostilius - Third King of Rome
Tullus Hostilius - third king of Rome

Battle of the Allia
Rome. Battle of the Allia. The Battle of the Allia was one of the major Roman defeats.

Mistletoe - Lore Origins
Origins of the lore about mistletoe

Cleopatra
Profile of Cleopatra Queen of Egypt and Cleopatra the last pharaoh.

Phryne - Greek Courtesan
Phryne was a beautiful Greek courtesan.

Trajan - Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus or Trajan
Profile of the Roman Emperor Trajan.

Equites
Equites

Hatshepsut - Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt
Hatshepsut - Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt

Boethius - Philosopher
Boethius was a Christian philosopher and the author of Consolatio Philosophiae or On the Consolation of Philsophy.

Hernes - Greek Messenger God
Hermes Greek god Messenger Hermes

Hades - Greek God of the Underworld
Hades Greek god Underworld Hades

Hestia - Greek Goddess Hestia
Hestia Greek goddess of the hearth.

St. Athansius
St. Athanasius of Alexandria

Timanthes
Timanthes was a Greek painter known for his Iphigenia

Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology Story Teller
Thomas Bulfinch retold the stories of Greek mythology for nneteenth century readers.

Aphrodite - Greek Goddess
Aphrodite Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty

Apollo - Greek God Apollo
Apollo was a Greek god of prophecy, music, and healing.

Artemis - Greek Goddess Artemis
Artemis - Greek virgin goddess of the hunt.

Ares - Greek God Ares
Apollo was a Greek god of war and homicide.

Prometheus - Greek God -Titan
Prometheus was an ancient Greek creature known as a Titan -- a race of beings from the generation before the gods. Prometheus was the son of the Titan Iapetus.

Zeus - Greek God Zeus
Zeus Greek god - Zeus king of the Greek Gods

Dionysus - Greek God
Dionysus the Greek god of wine and ecstacy

Hephaestus - Greek God Hephaestus
Hephaestus

Pan - Greek God Pan
Greek God Pan

 
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