Recent Posts Tagged With 'chris downing'

• Lecture Notes: Apollo and Death

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 18:56 in delphi, myth, apollo, Recommended links, lecture, dionysos, chris downing, kassandra, asklepios

  Hailed as Apollo Lykeios, "Wolfish Apollo," the god of reason is actually an ambiguous figure. Perhaps his nickname merely alludes to his role as protector of shepherds, who claimed him as patron; but the archer god -- like his twin sister -- has a ...

• Travel Diary: The Road to Delphi

  Posted on Friday August 10th, 2007 at 21:14 in delphi, update, oracle, myth, apollo, gaia, mythology, excerpt, diary entry, helios, gods and goddesses, chris downing

  It's been a busy month: finishing my coursework for my PhD program, preparing for the dissertation, preparing for surgery! Nevertheless, I haven't been entirely idle. In addition to an in-depth webpage on Volcanoes, I have gotten back to Greece. Next...

• Travel Diary and Lecture Notes: Eleusis!

  Posted on Saturday July 14th, 2007 at 19:04 in hades, greece, myth, archaeology, Recommended links, mythology, athens, lecture, persephone, excerpt, demeter, diary entry

  The freeway follows the route of the old Sacred Way to Eleusis, fourteen miles through refineries, quarries, and a run-down factory town surrounding the ancient sanctuary. It is so small to have held something to great, even with the added fountains...

• Ancient Greece Odyssey: Spit and Polish

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 03:17 in update, online shopping, squidoo, overhaul, eleusis, chris downing, meta-chatter, shop greek to me

  As you can probably tell, my recent graduate studies have kept me a little busy. Also, I have been working a little on new designs for my It's All Greek To Me! Gift Shop. Here's one of the new designs: However, I just received an exciting nudge to he...

• Lecture Excerpt: Chris Downing on Athena and Athens

  Posted on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 17:29 in poseidon, athena, mythology, athens, lecture, parthenon, excerpt, acropolis, chris downing, olive tree

  The Acropolis is Athena's, but also shared. Most of the restored Acropolis is hers, but there were also altars, statues, shrines, temples to Pytho (Persuasion), Artemis, and Poseidon.(Read on...)Also in This Section:Recommended Links: Persian Wars, P...

• Lecture Excerpt: Chris Downing on Greek Religion

  Posted on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 17:24 in mythology, lecture, excerpt, gods and goddesses, chris downing

  Most evenings, Dr. Christine Downing would give a talk related to the next day's itinerary. These are my notes from her lecture.Greek religion began with rituals -- of purification, of protection, etc. It was animist.Jane Ellen Harrison said: in the...

• Excerpt: First Day Wandering in Athens (Stoa of Attalos)

  Posted on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 16:11 in tourist, athens, recommended books, agora, excerpt, acropolis, diary entry, chris downing, stoa of attalos

  At length I found my way to the... Stoa of Attalos!(Read on for my first day's wanderings in Athens...)Also in This Section:Recommended books by Chris Downing...

• Excerpt: Flight to Athens

  Posted on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 15:54 in greece, Recommended links, mythology, excerpt, diary entry, chris downing, modern greece

  So how was the journey here? Long and far.[...] Overseas flights are so long. Somehow the night seems darker with deep ocean below rather than solid ground. In the morning, we flew down the coast of Italy. I could clearly make out the long rectangula...

• Prologue: The Summons

  Posted on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 13:44 in map, greece, parthenon, excerpt, diary entry, chris downing

  “So, are you coming to Greece with us?" my friend Lisa asked over lunch in February.Greece? A few doubletakes later, I found myself sitting crosslegged on the floor of a lecture room at Pacifica, shakily holding a flyer for Greece with Chris Do...