Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

From Meg's fate to Hercules' parents, Disney's Hercules made several major changes to the mythical Greek hero.

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

When Penelope and Odysseus reunite after twenty years, the Odyssey ends as a love story with two protagonists who fought gods ...

A countdown of the five craziest Greek gods. Who will be #1? The most jealous, angry, violent, fun-loving, or creative?

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She won the gold medal in the women’s 68-kilogram freestyle competition, becoming the first female African American and first Black female wrestler to win Olympic gold. She became a viral ...

This ceremony, first held in 1936, harkens back to the Olympic Games’ ancient predecessor, the Heraean Games, which were held in honor of the temple’s patron goddess, Hera. The Temple of Hera ...

She is the Greek goddess of Women, Marriage, Childbirth, and Familial love. She is married to her brother, Zeus which makes her the Queen of Olympus ... Apollo is the Greek god of the sun, light, ...

Aphrodite is one of the 12 Gods of Olympus, and that means that she is a powerful deity that is often said to be the goddess of love, beauty, passion, and procreation. In that regard, throughout the ...