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

Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, was originally a Minoan deity called Poteidan or Potidas. What do we know about this ...

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

Greek mythology is full of unknown gods remaining in the shadows of the well-known Zeus, Ares, or the patroness of hunting, ...

Memories of a long ago trip to Greece and an aging author who gave its myths life still speak to many elders who recognize ...

What awaits us after life? Some tales speak of Egyptian souls undergoing weighing ceremonies, others of Norse heroes feasting in glorious halls, while many depict spirits facing profound judgment in ...

A Shakespearean-style Greek tragedy wouldn’t be the same without power-hungry tyrants and lots of death, and “Antigone” is ...

The Sandman's vision of Orpheus and Eurydice is very different from the streamer's other hit series Kaos, but with some similar themes.

Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations European prosecutors accuse two former ministers of fraud with EU funds.

Greece: Wildfire tears through southern Crete - forcing more than 1,500 to flee homes and hotels A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills ...

Residents of a Greek aged care home in Melbourne's north-east once made bus trips to visit the Hellenic Museum, but now the museum has come to them.

A BRITISH tourist has died on a cruise ship travelling through a popular Greek island. The 67-year-old man passed away on the vessel “flying the Maltese flag” in the port of holiday hot… ...