Graphic novelist and artist Gareth Hinds read “The Odyssey” for the first time in high school. His teacher could tell that he ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

Renowned for his wealth and splendor, Rhesus was said to possess magnificent white horses, which were the envy of many, and a ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey will be an expensive production, and according to a recent report from Variety, will spend ...

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it ...

Christopher Nolan's next movie, an adaptation of the Greek epic poem The Odyssey, continues a moviemaking trend that began with Oppenheimer.

Thanks to social media, vengeance has never been pettier or more prevalent – but the pitfalls are the same as ever ...

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