In the Saturday column, we talked about how to choose and care for your fresh-cut Christmas tree. Let’s continue the theme and talk about Christmas wreaths and how that tradition got started.
The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations ...
“Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus,” by John William Waterhouse, 1891. Circe was among one of the most famous femme fatales in Greek mythology. Credit: Public Domain There are many strong and ...
As expected of a Greek god and one of the 12 Olympians, Apollo’s romantic pursuits were numerous, yet often wound up in tragedy and misfortune. Daphne, a nymph who preferred chastity, fled from his ...
From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...
Greek mythology’s Hecabe (Hecuba) and Polyxena by Merry-Joseph Blondel. Credit: Merry-Joseph Blondel (France, Paris, 1781-1853), Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Ancient Greek mythology is one of the ...
As news spreads of thieves wrecking the gates of the Windsor estate in October, society heiress Daphne Guinness has recounted how repeated raids by knife-wielding burglars forced her to abandon her ...
Many authors have taken inspiration from Greek mythology with traditional or modern retellings of the classic tales. Even if you don’t know much about Greek mythology, these tales weave their ...