A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...

Consider three big examples: the evidence for cosmic design in the fundamental laws and structure of the universe; the ...

Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally recognize that we have Greek texts today because of the Arab ‘hold’ on these texts ...

Researchers in Athens use advanced geophysical techniques to uncover hidden tunnels and drainage systems beneath the Temple ...

Dion, the sacred site of ancient Macedonia, lies at the foot of Mount Olympus, featuring lush vegetation, springs and a ...

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in a black ... said that the loosely folded drapery suggests that the statue is of a goddess. Regular women in that period were typically depicted ...

Maha Kumbh Mela Mythology, History, Astrology ... Prayagraj is hosting the Maha Kumbh this time, or the Poorna Kumbh, held every 12 years. Many myths are prevalent around the Kumbh Mela, many theories ...

During that time, which we call winter, Demeter grieves afresh. Often described as “the most Greek of all the gods,” Apollo was something of ... which were cast into the sea by his son Cronus. Nothing ...