In a city filled with odd monikers, it's no surprise that New Orleans' Mardi Gras krewes have embraced their own unique names. But why do so many of these krewes have Greek, Roman and African ...

If you ask a New Orleanian where his favorite krewe got its name, he’ll probably say, “the Greeks,” “the Romans” or maybe even “mythology.” Bacchus, Proteus, Momus, Okeanos and ...

From the Midas touch to a Sisyphean task, from Pandora’s box to Achilles’ heel, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have ... Michelangelo’s “Bacchus” (1496-7), without ...

The Greek Dionysus and the Roman Bacchus are functionally the same god, but there are a few key differences. Dionysus—a noble, youthful figure in myth and classical literature—is usually ...