Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The last place I expected to see a summer dress trend rise was the set of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey. But ...

Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose epic work Theogony elevated him to the status of Homer and is "a major source on Greek ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs ... Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild ...

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

Celebrity psychic, Inbaal Honigman, gave her take on the name: “The Goddess of the Rainbow to the ancient Greeks, Iris is the personification of the rainbow, and a messenger of good news. " ...

In the spirit of this celebration, we explore the stories of ten of our favourite ancient Greek goddesses, each embodying unique virtues and characteristics that resonate with the values of ...

Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, is the author of “Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War.” Sixteen years into the ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...

Teos was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, known for its flourishing seaport and notable historical figures like the poet Anacreon and philosopher Protagoras. Today, its ruins are near the ...

The findings come from a study of bone tools discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and dated to around 1.5 million years ago. The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old ...

Etruscan civilization had a major influence on the Roman Empire, including on its architecture, clothing, religious practices ... morphed into the later Roman goddess Minerva. Even the demigod heroes ...