Mythoskolis is a cultural mediation website dedicated to Greek mythology.
The project is built around three main entry points:
- an interactive genealogical HoloGraph;
- entity sheets;
- stories.
Two additional transversal features complete that structure:
- contextual reading;
- the HoloGraph Sandbox.
Together, these layers form a navigation system that lets readers move from family structure to narrative context, then back to the figures involved, with extra tools for guided reading and open experimentation.
What the site is trying to do
Mythoskolis aims to make a complex mythological corpus readable without forcing it into a single final version.
The site is mainly designed to:
- clarify family relations;
- situate figures within a coherent network;
- connect stories to the characters they involve;
- show that several traditions may coexist;
- make reading easier through contextual assistance;
- provide a free experimentation tool derived from the HoloGraph.
The three entry points
The HoloGraph
The HoloGraph is the main genealogy exploration tool.
It uses an ego-centered view:
- one entity is placed at the center;
- its parents, consorts, children, and siblings appear around it;
- the reader can recenter the graph on another figure.
The HoloGraph does not attempt to display one complete global tree. It is meant to make a local family neighborhood readable.
Entity sheets
Each entity sheet represents one mythological figure.
An entity sheet may combine:
- a description;
- a role;
- domains;
- symbols;
- a detailed genealogy;
- associated stories.
These sheets function as reference nodes within the site.
Stories
Stories provide the narrative context that genealogy alone cannot carry.
They are structured editorial pages with elements such as:
- a title;
- a summary;
- a cycle;
- an optional arc;
- main entities;
- sources.
Contextual reading
Contextual reading adds an assistance layer inside entity sheets and stories.
It can quickly remind the reader:
- who a mentioned character is;
- what a glossary term means;
- what role a figure plays inside the current text.
This has an important pedagogical role: it helps readers follow a story without having to constantly leave the page to recover the missing context.
The HoloGraph Sandbox
The Sandbox is a public-facing derivation of the HoloGraph.
It allows users to:
- create their own characters;
- build a family tree of their choice;
- edit relations;
- export and import their work.
Even though it is separate from the editorial corpus itself, it directly extends the logic of the HoloGraph. It is the most interactive and experimental part of the site.
How readers move through the site
Mythoskolis is built around a simple navigation loop:
- HoloGraph to entity sheet;
- entity sheet to associated stories;
- story to linked entities;
- return to genealogy when needed.
This structure allows readers to enter the mythological corpus from whichever point is most useful to them.
It also supports two complementary uses:
- reading with more assistance through the contextual layer;
- manipulating a free graph in the Sandbox to experiment with custom family structures.
Editorial positioning
Mythoskolis does not aim at encyclopedic exhaustiveness or final academic authority.
The project follows a few stable principles:
- clarity matters more than accumulation;
- major relations serve as navigation markers;
- important variants must remain visible;
- stories and structured data should stay connected rather than isolated.
In practice, the site works as a navigation tool more than as a loose collection of unrelated pages.