Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

1400 B.C., a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) was the powerful son of the god King Zeus. For this, he received nothing but ...

The Olympus that is seen in the original Hercules is strongly romanticized and Disney-fied, with the Olympian gods all being given playful, cartoonish designs. Meanwhile, the entire setting is ...

Ancient Greece. A time of gods, mortals… and Hercules, who isn't quite either. But if he's not a god, how can he possibly save the world from Hades? It's one thing flexing those more ...

The Athenian opened a few months ago in the historic Stevens Thomas House, a Greek columned house built in 1846-49 by a man who became a prominent Athens banker in the 19th century. Thomas Street in ...

Images from left: Hadestown (Matthew Murphy); Hercules (Disney on Broadway YouTube); Lore Olympus (Webtoon Comics) There’s a very specific niche of Greek mythology geeks who think about the gods ...

who are said to have been replaced by thunder god Zeus, and kept imprisoned. Brady, a fan of the 1998 Hercules that sees the ...

Watch the muses from the West End production of Disney's Hercules belt out 'Zero to Hero' in a brand new music video! The ...

After many centuries, Hercules gets bored living in Olympus (the home of the great Greek gods) and decides to move to... New York. But obviously, it is not easy for a man who lived in ancient ...