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August 31, 2009
by Phedre de Feullide
Greek Mythology is a topic which almost everyone studies in school, and which oddly enough, can be found influencing us in our daily modern lives. Everyone knows that Greece was the birthplace of democracy; basically it is where the American idea of government comes from, and has even influenced our ideas of [...]
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: Associated Content, Athena, Carvaggio's Medusa, Clash of the Gods, fashion logos, Gianni Versace, Greek mythology, History Channel, House of Versace, KPI, KPITV, Medusa, Perseus, Phedre de Feullide, Poseidon
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August 28, 2009
Watch MEDUSA’S horrific transformation from ultimate beauty…to ultimate beast.
CLASH OF THE GODS: MEDUSA
airs Monday August 31, 10PM/9c
on HISTORY
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: Clash of the Gods, Greek mythology, History Channel, KPI, KPITV, Medusa, Western mythology
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August 26, 2009
Here’s the upcoming schedule for Clash of the Gods on HISTORY, Mondays at 10PM/9c
Most weeks, HISTORY follows the new episode with a repeat of the previous week’s.
Also, HISTORY posts previous episodes for free viewing on their website www.history.com/video
8/17 HADES
8/24 THE LABYRINTH OF THE MINOTAUR (watch now)
8/31 [...]
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: Athena, Beowulf, Clash of the Gods, Greek gods, Greek mythology, Hercules, History Channel, Homer, KPI, KPITV, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Medusa, Minotaur, Mount Olympus, Norse mythology, Odysseus, Perseus, Roman mythology, The Odyssey, Thor, Zeus
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August 24, 2009
Clash of the Titans was released on July 12, 1981 (the same day as Raiders of the Lost Ark). As many have observed, the film gave Greek and Roman mythology the Star Wars treatment with a classy cast of international stars including Laurence Olivier as Zeus, Claire Bloom as Hera, and Ursula Andress as [...]
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: Aphrodite, Claire Bloom, Clash of the Gods, Clash of the Titans, Clash of the Titans re-make, Class of the Titans, Greek mythology, Hera, KPI, KPITV, Laurence Olivier, mythological heroes, Perseus, Ray Harryhausen, Roman mythology, Ursula Andress, western mytholgy, Zeus
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August 17, 2009
All your favorites are here: The god of death, the ferryman of the River Styx and the three-headed guard dog at the gates of Hell….CLASH OF THE GODS: HADES tonight on HISTORY.
10PM/9c
Categories: history, science, series, video
Tags: ancient Greek religion, ancient views of death, Cerberus, Charon, Clash of the Gods, Greek mythology, Hades, History Channel, KPI, KPITV, Persephone, River Styx, Western mythology
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August 14, 2009
PERSEPHONE beware! Greek mythology’s warden of death and the ancient world’s most feared god…is near.
Watch KPI’s CLASH OF THE GODS: HADES on History.com/video.
Learn about eerie links to real world curses, ghosts and secret cults.
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: ancient Greek religion, ancient views of death, Clash of the Gods, Greek mythology, Hades, History Channel, KPI, KPITV, Persephone, Western mythology
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August 10, 2009
Elton John closed his 1972 Honky Chateau album with “Hercules.” The song was a full-blown rocker on stage with the classic EJ line-up: Dee Murray on bass, Nigel Olsson on drums, Davey Johnstone on guitars. There’s misinformation on the web about whose song this is – some confusing it with Allen Toussaint’s song [...]
Categories: history, series
Tags: Bernie Taupin, Clash of the Gods, Elton John, Greek mythology, Hera, Hercules, History Channel, Honky Chateau, KPI, KPITV, Western mythology, Zeus
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August 10, 2009
Categories: history, science, series
Tags: Clash of the Gods, Greek mythology, Hera, Hercules, History Channel, KPI, KPITV, mythical heroes, Western mythology
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August 7, 2009
About that bull.
King Minos’ bull was a creature sent from God, a snow white beauty that stopped all in their tracks. In fact it was so beautiful that King Minos’ wife fell in love with it… and… well, the result was the birth of the Minotaur, half man, half beast. But that’s another story…
The [...]
Categories: history, series, shoots
Tags: Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Clash of the Gods, Greek mythology, Hercules, History Channel, King Minos, KPI, KPITV, Minotaur, Morocco, mythical heroes, Western mythology
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August 6, 2009
From the Disney movie “Hercules” (1997) comes the song “Long Ago” by Alan Menken (music) and David Zippel (lyrics). “Go the Distance” was the big song from the movie though–it won both the Oscar (R) and Golden Globe (R) for Best Original Song that year.
LONG AGO
[Narrator:]
Long ago, in the far away land of ancient [...]
Categories: history, series
Tags: Alan Menkin, Best Original Song 1997, David Zippel, Disney, Greek mythology, Hera, Hercules, History Channel, KPI, KPITV, Long Ago, myths, Western mythology, Zeus
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