For thousands of years sirens have lured sailors, haunted coastlines—and shapeshifted through myth and media. Here's how they ...

Exploring the parallels between Greek mythology and Indigenous Australian storytelling, this letter examines how both oral ...

After two memoirs and two academic monographs, Clune now has a novel, “Pan.” His narrator, Nick, is 15 and living with his ...

The cult of the ancient Greek goddess Athena allowed certain Athenian women liberties that extended beyond the roles of ...

Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size.

Different cultures have their own stories about the imaginary underwater creatures, with the oldest dating back to ancient ...

One night in 373 BCE, the earth beneath the Greek city of Helike groaned and cracked. As homes crumbled and temples collapsed ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The stars, creator, and producers reveal how the quests, action, stunts, monsters, and even the sets are more epic — and real ...

The Greek Ministry of Culture has launched a vital restoration project for the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace, a ...

What are the books like Percy Jackson? Here are some fun and exciting stories with magic, heroes, and mythic quests for fans ...

I cut myself shaving right before I met Mary E. Roach. No big deal, but it’s worth mentioning because it’s so on-brand: I lost track of the number of times a character in her “We Are the Match” holds ...