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Category: Mythology

AegeanPosted onJune 1, 2023

[Podcast] Digging Up The Past: Episode 14 – In Search of Aeneas

The fourteenth episode of the Digging Up The Past podcast is officially out! Episode 14 – In Search of Aeneas Is there evidence to the…

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BiblicalPosted onDecember 21, 2022

[Video] Ancient Origins Presents: Brief Response with Petros Koutoupis Did the Nephilim Corrupt Mankind?

Hot off the presses… The Members site of Ancient Origin just published a video: Brief Response with Petros Koutoupis Did the Nephilim Corrupt Mankind? In…

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AegeanPosted onDecember 11, 2022

[Podcast] Digging Up The Past: Episode 5 – Thera and the “Lost Map of Atlantis”

The fifth episode of the Digging Up The Past podcast is officially out! Episode 5 – Thera and the “Lost Map of Atlantis” In this…

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AegeanPosted onDecember 3, 2022December 3, 2022

[Featured Article] Refugees on Foreign Soil (Paywall)

A newly written article containing my research on the mythical founder of the Latins, Aeneas, has been published over at Classical Wisdom. It is behind…

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AegeanPosted onNovember 19, 2022

[Lecture] Refugees on Foreign Soil: In Search of the Legendary Aeneas

Join me in my upcoming lecture as I talk about the legendary Aeneas. What inspired the stories of Aeneas and his wanderings across the Mediterranean?…

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AegeanPosted onOctober 28, 2022October 28, 2022

[Podcast] Digging Up The Past: Episode 1 – The Trojan War: From Oral Tradition to Canon

The VERY first episode of the Digging Up The Past podcast is officially out! Episode 1 – The Trojan War: From Oral Tradition to Canon…

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AegeanPosted onOctober 9, 2022

[Featured Article] In Search of Helen of Troy [revised]

Author: Petros Koutoupis Originally published on Ancient Origins (19 October, 2014) but revised. Her face was the face that launched a thousand ships. Considered to…

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AegeanPosted onMarch 15, 2022April 6, 2022

[Article] Ancient Origins: The Origins Of Ancient Greek Creation Mythology

A new article of mine has been posted on the Ancient Origins Members website. It focuses on the origins of Ancient Greek mythology. You can…

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About Me

I see myself as a “literary archaeologist.” No field work is required. The purpose of this self appointed and non-existent discipline is to marry two fields which do not cooperate very well with each other: archaeology and literary studies. The texts are historical artifacts and must be treated as such.

 

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