Was the Kraken a sea monster in Greek mythology? If not, where did it come from and what was its ancient Greek counterpart?

For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

Pythagoras, the famous Greek scientist, had a fascinating but largely unknown ancestry which connects him to Greek mythology.

This 2010 fantasy remake has maintained a modest but vocal fanbase that defends it as a genuinely fun and thrilling adventure ...

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Her personality is rarely explored in the few movies and TV Shows where Medusa is featured. Many works of art only focus on her head, with whoever manages to cut it off becoming the hero. There are ...

18 beautiful Greek baby names for girls inspired by Greek goddesses like Hera, Athena, Minerva, and many more.

A Greek mythology obsession is basically a middle school rite of passage (right up there with the classic Ancient Egypt hyper-fixation). There’s something larger-than-life about Greek myths that ...

Sisyphus appears in several Greek myths, though today he is often associated with just one. In the famous legend, he is punished by Zeus for cheating death and condemned to endlessly push a boulder up ...

Five Nights TD, the tower defense experience based on Five Nights at Freddy’s, is currently hosting the Greek Mythology Event.