In a city filled with odd monikers, it's no surprise that New Orleans' Mardi Gras krewes have embraced their own unique names. But why do so many of these krewes have Greek, Roman and African ...

From the Midas touch to a Sisyphean task, from Pandora’s box to Achilles’ heel, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have ... Michelangelo’s “Bacchus” (1496-7), without ...

Roman mythology has its fair share of NPC references as well. NPCs Bacchus and Fortuna are both named after Roman gods.

If you ask a New Orleanian where his favorite krewe got its name, he’ll probably say, “the Greeks,” “the Romans” or maybe even “mythology.” Bacchus, Proteus, Momus, Okeanos and ...

The Greek Dionysus and the Roman Bacchus are functionally the same god, but there are a few key differences. Dionysus—a noble, youthful figure in myth and classical literature—is usually ...

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Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked ... Athos Atlantis Atlas Atreus Bacchus Cadmus ...

The Roman god Bacchus was essentially a copy of the Greek god Dionysus. They represent the same symbology and myths. Dionysus is the god of grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, fertility ...