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Background information on this website


My name is Evangelia Hatzitsinidou and I am a web developer and teacher in Elementary School from Athens, Greece. I am the creator and author of www.greek-gods.info. The reason I created this website is because I am passionate over the ancient Greek culture and would like to provide this website's visitor with a brief insight in the wonderful Greek Mythology and Religion.


All information in this website is primarily taken from ancient Greek writings (see below). However, oftentimes some information is a combination of various myths. Please consider that it is a work in progress and by no means is complete- however, I am striving to update it frequently with further content.

Needless to say, you can link to my website if you like. Also, you can make free use of any information or media provided within the website. All the images are either from my personal collection or collected from sources which either place their images in the public domain, abandon their copyright, or have expired copyright.

Feel free to send me any questions, comments or suggestions for improval you may have.
You can contact me at evie@greek-gods.info, or just use the contact form. I would be happy to hear from you.

Have a nice stay and thank you for visiting my website!

This website was last updated on May 14, 2012




Resources

Main sources I have used for my writings

  • The "Theogony" by Hesiod (ca 800-700 BC)
  • The Homeric Hymns (7th-6th century BC)
  • The epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by Homer (8th or 7th century BC)
  • "The Republic" and the "Laws", the two most lengthy philosophical writings of Plato (around 360 BC)
  • Writings by the mythographer Apollodorus (around 150 BC)
  • The fables of storyteller Aesop
  • "Bacchae", an ancient Greek playwright by Euripides (around 405 BC), for information about Dionysus
  • Information from Wikipedia, the free online Encyclopedia and the Dictionary of Classical Antiquities by Oskar Seyffert (1894),
as well as abstract, verbal information taught in Greek public school.

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