Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

Gods, kings and numbers are involved What’s in a name? Have you ever wondered about the origins of month names? Some months, like October and December, are fairly easy to figure out. The precise ...

Who was Atlas? In Greek mythology, Atlas was a titan, a member of the first generation of the immortal gods. He ruled the cosmos and bore the heavens on his shoulders. Homer referred to Atlas as "the ...

In ancient Greek myth, Arachne is a weaver who bests the goddess Athena in a contest, and is subsequently transformed into a spider and forced to weave for eternity.

Getting a pet is always a fun new adventure, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. For example, you’ll need ...

Aletes was Hercules’ descendant who seized the ancient Greek city of Corinth. His name evolved into a modern term for "outlaw ...

Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

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DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters is well underway! Not only have we had the first TV outing in the new timeline with Creature Commandos, but now we are hours away from the first film in James ...