El Nido del Águila

If you go to Vatican City, there are not all conspiracies, or old specters of past Popes... There are also lots of pieces of art. Some are among the best pieces made for mankind ever. For instance The Laoconte" Made by Agnesandre, Polidor and Athenodor of Rode, it represents the figures of three men, Laoconte and his sons, being eaten by a monster. Their expressions shows us pain, fear, despair... Laoconte was the Supreme Priest of Troy. Master of the Temples, and talker with the Gods. One day, during the War of Troy, he was averted by a Greek Deserter, that Greeks had disappeared from the coast. Apparently they had fled in their vessels, weary of ten years of war, and they had made a big wooden Horse, as an offering to Posidon for a good Trip. But Laoconte distrusted of that, and instead of putting it inside the city, near of Posidon's temple, he advised Priamus to burn the horse "because this is not a gift but a trapp. And even if it were a gift, I fear Greeks even wh...

There are multiple versions of the Troyan War. Multiple interpretations of Illiad. The most accurate tells that Greeks arrived and conquered the coast around Troy, but were incapable of pass the walls (of course, since those walls were being built by Apollo and Posidon, centuries ago). As a result of this tie, the war enlarged it for 10 years. During this combats, Achilles and his men took over an Apollo's sanctuary, and got lots of money, jewels, and golden or silver objects... And also the priestesses. One of this was Brissedis, niece of Priamus, and was the cause of and argument between Achilles, who claimed be the only person that enjoyed the virgin, and Agamenmon, who claim the right to possess Brissedis since he was the King of Kings and The Comander in Chief of the Armie. As a result of the fight, Achilles showed his famous anger, and retired his men from the battlefield. A terrible lost for Greek armie, whose men started to loose ground, and Troyan armie, led by Hector, t...

There was a man, Tantalus, who was favored by the Gods, and tried to deceive they. He gave the order of cooking his own son and serve he to the gods on a dinner. The Gods punished Tantalus by sending him to underworld. There, enchained to a Tree, he suffered eternal thirst and hunger. When he wanted to grab an apple from the tree, branches raised far from his hand. When he wanted to drink some water, the river fled from his mouth. One of his descendants was Atreus, whom fought against his brother, Aegistus, for the throne of Miccenae. And the sons of Atreus were Agamemnon and Menelaus. After the death of Atreus, Agamemnon, the eldest son, inherited the crown and was recognized by the other Greek kings as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Menelaus, was crowned King of Sparta, after his wedding whit Helen, daughter of Tindareus (actually daughter of Zeus and sister of Polux, but that is another story). Agamemnon wanted to unify all Greek tribes in one Kingdom, in order to deploying a g...

You probably remember that yesterday I mentioned the Troyan War, Aeneas' escape. But this war started lots of years ago, and started with a wedding. Tetis was a nymph and was in love whit Peleus. They invited to their wedding all kind of fantastic beings, such as the gods, the rest of the nymphs, Quiro the centaur, and a lot of heroes, such Hercules or some of the Argonauts, everyone... Except Eris, Goddess of discontent, fight and discordant. Searching for vengeance, she threw a golden apple at the very center of the hall where they were celebrating, with the inspiration: TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. Tetis, obviously, stepped aside. Even being the bride, she was not crazy enough to grabb the apple. But there were other who stepped in. Athena, Afrodita, and Hera. As you could imagine, that was a problem for Zeus. He cannot be the judge, choosing one, and risking him to the wrath of the other two... So he sent Hermes, the messenger of Gods, to find one mortal who played the role of Jud...

You know what? History has a curious way to work. Sometimes, from the biggest catastrophe could give birth the biggest hope. Sometimes, bad men create very good things. All that it takes its an opportunity. Surely you remember "Gens Julia", the family of Marius, Caesar and Augustus, one of the most noble, rich and powerful of Rome, the conquerors of the Republic and the founders of the Empire... But several centuries before Caesar, there was a big city in Anatolian Peninsula named Troy. Actually the 7th city of Troy, chanted by Homer in one of his two great poems "Iliad" (because they also called it "Ilio"). Troy was declared war by Great King Agamemnon of Miccena, after one of its princes Paris, supposedly took Helen, wife of Meleaus, King of Sparta and Brother of the Great King. The resoult of that war (another day we'll talk about Troyan war I promise) was the utterly destruction of the city and the slaughter of all people whitin it... Well, not e...

You know what? Athens, the capital city of Greece, was founded a long time ago (but not in a galaxy far far away) after the gathering of 10 tribes whitin the Attica region. Once they had their city, learned that they needed two things: a name for the city, and a God to be adored. And then, Posidon and Athena presented their applications. Posidon stroke the earth with his Trident, and then created two different elements: an animal, the horse, and also a salt water source. Athena touched the earth, and then she created the Olive. After that, citizens voted. Men gave their votes to Posidon, and women voted for Athena. The result was the victory of the Goddess of wisdom and war, just for one single vote. Posidon (the real badass of the Olimpics, the one who Greeks fear most, because his terrible wraith provoked earthquakes, and storms) angry with Atticans, flooded the entire region, and in order to calm him, citizens of Athens made two decisions. One was to built an incredible temple t...

If you go to "El Museo Nacional del Prado" in Spain, among several of the most important pictures in the history of Mankind, you could see "Baco's triumph" by Diego Velázquez. The picture is also known as "The drunken people". In it, a bunch of men are drinking wine and smiling, surrendering a man who receives a special light. Dressed with a pink mantle, and carrying a laurel crown, he seems to be the leader of the party. The rest of men are old, bearded and ugly, but this young men seems to be perfect, like if he was a God... Well, that is because he is a God. Roman people called him Baco, the Greeks called him Dionisos. Walt Disney's Fantasy shows him as a happy and fat men, alwais enjoying the parties. Dionisos was the God of the festivities, the happiness, the wine. He taught men how to make wine, how to cultive grapes. Greeks thought good wine required to be a little time in earth and little time in barrel... As the own Dionisos was at his f...