Dionysus was a god the Greeks most happily imitated. Called Bacchus by the Romans, he was the privileged son of Zeus himself ...

The author of the Myth of Monsters series recommends works that tell, or retell, these strange and wonderful stories for ...

On this day in 1974, democracy was restored in Greece after seven years of military rule by the junta.

The Grande Bretagne reverted to the Allies in 1944 but still was almost blown up by the Greek Resistance that Christmas. Only news that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was staying there ...

The bond of the Jews to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea spans three thousand years and is one of ...

The seasonal symbolism theory of the German scholar R. Shröder (1899) saw Jason as the “spring hero” who retrieved the Golden ...

From dosas to dumplings, these hidden NYC food trucks bring bold global flavors straight to the streets. Worth the hunt!

In this blog, we rank the 5 strongest sons of Zeus, analyzing what makes each of them exceptional and why they’ve earned ...

The explanation is that only one of one God’s ‘names’ is a personal name; all the other ‘names’ are appellations that refer to one of God’s many attributes or character traits. As the Qur’an states: ...

There are lots of ancient ruins to see in Greece, unsurprisingly, but European travel guru Rick Steves recommends these three ...

The University of Alberta has notified seven Greek life organizations that their property leases won't be renewed.They have ...

Edith Johnson and Dorothea Lambert Chambers face off in the 1910 Wimbledon tournament in London. Lawn tennis — the game we ...