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Topic: Greek
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Persephone and the Seasons
Approx. 11 min read
Pomegranate seeds bind Persephone to the underworld and explain the grief of winter.
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The Twelve Labors of Heracles
Approx. 11 min read
Atonement, impossible tasks, and the making of the best-known Greek heroic cycle.
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Hypnos and Thanatos: Sleep and His Half-Brother Death
Approx. 10 min read
Twin sons of Nyx carry mortals from the waking world: one for a night, the other forever.