Cyprus Mythology Novels & Stories

Hated how her parents sat at the table with their eyes down, avoiding her gaze, as though if they didn’t speak of Cerebus, maybe he’d vanish from their lives. But Ellie couldn’t let him vanish. She flipped open another book, tracing a trembling finger over a woodcut illustration. The Chimera, fangs bared, claws dripping with ink. The caption beneath: Slain only by the hand of gods and guardians. Her heart raced. She grabbed the printout of a recent archaeological report — a cave unearthed on Crete, just weeks ago. Symbols lined the walls, spirals and runes identical to the ones etched in her mythology texts.

They thought I would match the goddess of wisdom, Athena. Unfortunately, from all those meaningful meanings, I only got stuck with one—courage. My mom's Greek so she used to tell me stories about mythology when I was little but I myself, don't really give a damn about Greek mythology. I only know one though, Cupid which is Eros and Eros which is Cupid. Make sense.

Basil answered. “That’s Aquarius. Do you know about him?” Basil shook his head. “Well Aquarius is Latin for ‘cup bearer’ or ‘water bearer.’ The story of Aquarius in Greek mythology is that there was a beautiful Phrygian boy, Ganymede, who was carried off to Mount Olympus by an eagle and he became the cupbearer to Zeus. And he became the representation of Aquarius. In some stories they say that Zeus himself was the eagle that abducted him to Mount Olympus.” “What’s a…Phrygian?” Basil asked when Jaxsen had finished speaking.