Greek mythology, despite the fierce warrior goddesses and the Amazons, have a lot of sexism and toxic masculinity. From the stories of Zeus's rapes to the double standards of Odysseus marriage ...

Rick Riordan is a very busy man. Last week saw the release of The Lost Hero, the first book in his new series, The Heroes of Olympus, and he’s currently on a 12 city tour to promote the book and ...

When we think about Norse Mythology, it can be difficult to shake the image of an otherworldly Chris Hemsworth with bulging muscles, luscious golden locks and a distinctly sarcastic sense of ...

The Roman religion experience was, in a certain sense, very free because in a polytheistic religion where, you know, to start with, there are many gods, there is always space for more. It's very ...

These are the cream of the crop when it comes to Roman gods and goddesses. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most enduring members of the Roman pantheon.

In terms of the Greek and Roman gods, both have DC comic book histories. The six Immortal Elders who grant Shazam his magic word acronym are all based on gods and heroes from mythology: ...

09/06/2023 September 6, 2023. When the Romans first settled in Cologne, they also brought along their religion with them, contributing to a potpourri of gods and traditions.

The scene is taken from the Roman poet Ovid’s “Fasti,” a six-book poem first released in 8 C.E., which explored the customs and histories behind Roman festivals and holidays.

Titled “Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudii” (“The ‘Pumpkinification’ of the Deified Claudius”), it recounts how the Roman Senate declared that the dead Emperor was now a god, complete with ...

For Romans, religion was a force that bound families together, bound subjects to their ruler and bound men to the gods. Private and public Roman religion was divided into two.

Even though Roman studies are not his academic specialty, he has long been immersed in personal research on several of its foci. (e.g., see news story on coinage above) His last book addressed an ...