From narrowly avoiding being eaten by his father as a baby to seducing mortal women as a swan or a bull, there were some ...

The English word "tantalize" comes from the iconic Greek myth of Tantalus, an ancient Greek king who faced a brutal ...

Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.

Zeus: Even in the ancient Greek poems of Homer and Hesiod, Zeus was the ruler of the gods, the most powerful and the most wise. But in these early days, Zeus also was guilty of numerous sexual ...

Prophetic, Poetic ApolloA son of Zeus, Apollo was the god of music ... Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought ...

Soar over the ancient temples of Greece with this breathtaking drone footage. Experience the majestic Parthenon, the Temple ...

The animation combines two well-known Ancient Greek myths. It begins with Prometheus, who along with his brother - Epimetheus - is charged by Zeus with populating the world. Prometheus creates the ...

Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been ...