Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ancient the oldest ones ...

There's more than just Greek and Roman mythology, too. The fantastic (in every sense of the word) books on this list draw from Indian, Norse, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean myths. For more great ...

Many people have heard the name of Orestes, a prominent figure of ancient Greek mythology, but how many of us know his ...

Some of you may recall the old Chiffon margarine commercial’s warning that “It is not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Mother Nature had nothing on the Goddess Circe who was the original liberated woman.

Teen Edition,” a Greek romance and tragedy, this Thursday. Hadestown tells the Greek myth of two star-crossed lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice. Written and composed by Anaïs Mitchell, the story is told in ...

Courtesy of A24 In one memorable scene, Parthenope emerges out of the ocean and the men at the beach are immediately drawn to her as they are in the Greek myth. This required careful planning with ...

“The hours could be unpredictable and of course clients would be in crisis at times when my kids were sick and needed picking up from nursery,” she says, adding that there was an expectation ...

Legends of heroic figures such as King Arthur and Beowulf feature in Celtic myths. This folklore teaches kids about ghosts, monsters, gods, culture, traditions, and the revival of the past century.