The concept of “god” and “ goddess ” is one of the most ancient, predating recorded history itself. While this concept means different things for different people, its etymological root is connected ...

The author of the Myth of Monsters series recommends works that tell, or retell, these strange and wonderful stories for ...

One of the most recognizable figures of antiquity, the Sphinx, took many forms in the civilizations of Greece, the Near East ...

The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early ...

Before Zeus raised his thunderbolt and before the Titans carved their legacy into the heavens, there were the Primordials — ...

Dionysus was a god the Greeks most happily imitated. Called Bacchus by the Romans, he was the privileged son of Zeus himself ...