Many people have heard the name of Orestes, a prominent figure of ancient Greek mythology, but how many of us know his ...

Pherecydes of Syros, a pioneering philosopher and tutor of Pythagoras, blended myth and metaphysics, shaping early Greek thought.

And that love can continue through the teen years. There's more than just Greek and Roman mythology, too. The fantastic (in every sense of the word) books on this list draw from Indian, Norse, ...

Greek mythology is sneaky. One moment you are just minding your own business and, before you know it, you are knee-deep in tales about gods throwing tantrums and mortals making terrible decisions.

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island Wednesday as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern ...