Harpies are bird-like messengers of Zeus, sent by the Olympian ruler to punish humans for their crimes. They embody sudden ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

But warnings from the fathers of democracy against the foolishness of avarice and pride are often ignored as evidenced by ...

Myths have had a huge influence on the world. Although they may not be true, the events of Greek myth may have taken place in ...

Mount Olympus was the tallest and most mysterious mountain in Greece but ancient Greeks did not imagine it as simply a ...

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of ...

One of the greatest stories ever told, Homer’s Odyssey follows Odysseus on his perilous journey home from Troy. This ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

Plato’s Academy deserves its place in history — but not as the origin of the university. What Plato provided was the idea of ...

At Jaipur Lit Fest, a panel featuring Stephen Fry explores why The Odyssey still matters today. Much like India’s great epics ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

Ancient Greek sages argued that, “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad!” The disclosure last week that the Trump administration’s Justice Department is initiating a criminal ...