Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

The second season of the sci-fi office thriller has plenty of mind-bending mysteries, plus what’s up with that room full of ...

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

When a man in a suburb of the Greek city of Thessaloniki found an almost meter-tall decapitated body wrapped in a bag in a trash can, he was probably relieved it was made of marble. It turns out the ...

The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...

Homer's Helen was the wife of the Greek king Menelaus, and she's placed at the center of conflict when the Trojan prince Paris claims her as a gift from the goddess Aphrodite, bestowed in exchange ...

Historically, Greek gods and sculptures have been praised for ... and expressive eyes. Chiseled Physique - Greek men are often associated with athletic and muscular builds, possibly due to a ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Rather than permitting us to return to nearby Sicily, the Italian Coast Guard orders us to the port of Crotone to disembark ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...