The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.
A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...
Its stunning artistry and pulse-pounding storytelling have transformed Greek mythology from dusty ancient texts into a vibrant, breathing epic. Now, the saga grows even more powerful as it adds Greek ...
Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose epic work Theogony elevated him to the status of Homer and is "a major source on Greek ...
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
According to Jewish tradition, the current Hebrew month of Adar is meant to be joyful. Ancient rabbinic commentators demand: ...
The release of an extended, or occasionally shortened, director's cut definitely has a place in cinema, but sometimes it ...
The Pandora series by Carolyn Hennesy takes the familiar myth ... These books, aimed at girls eight years old and up, take the bare essentials of Greek mythology and flesh them out again with a modern ...
In Greek mythology, Orpheus descends into the underworld to retrieve his beloved Eurydice, who’s died from a serpent’s bite. His music, so achingly beautiful, moves Hades to allow Eurydice to ...