(The Conversation) — Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as ...

In the fifth century B.C., the playwright Sophocles begins “Oedipus Tyrannos” with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his ...

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Hecabe (Hecuba), the legendary queen of Troy, is one of the most tragic and intriguing characters in Greek mythology.

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western culture, and ...

A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity resonate in contemporary Western society Nora McGreevy - Correspondent Explore the true history and myths behind ...