Reddit’s AskHistorians Questions about Greek Mythology

Some of you might know of the site Reddit, either because you are a user yourself or because you’ve read some not-that-great stuff about some of its badly-behaving users.  Much of the site is harmless, and some is vile, but the subreddit AskHistorians is a good resource, in no small part because the moderators usually insist that anyone who answers these questions have some sort of historical expertise and/or cite authoritative sources to support their answers.

Here are some threads on Greek Myth that you might enjoy reading:

Did the Greeks really believe in their gods?

Were the Titans the gods of a pre-Greek society that was supplanted?

When did Greek Mythology as a religion die off?

And many other questions about Greek and Roman mythology

Like all the the links I post here, you do not have to read them (although I try to pick things that you might enjoy).  If a text is required reading, I’ll put it on the course shell.

Who You Should Fight: Greek Gods Edition

Tumblr and WordPress don’t play well together in terms of embedding, so I can only provide a link to this Tumblr post, which explains why fighting each Greek god is a good or bad idea. (Spoiler: it’s usually bad.)

Who You Should Fight: Greek Gods Edition, by Seanan McGuire

Vertiable Hokum Comic

You don’t need to know all these Greek gods, but the visuals are funny, and they might help you remember the major Olympians.

Greek God Family Tree from Veritable Hokum

Greek God Family Tree