Greek Gods

The cult of Serapis in Egypt arose during Ptolemy I's reign and would become one of the centers of Ptolemaic soft power in the East and West alike. Serapis (Greek: Σέραπις) was a Greco-Egyptian god introduced in Alexandria of Egypt...

"Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity," reads the opening caption of director Christopher Nolan's blockbuster movie Oppenheimer. Based on the true story of J....

The Celts were an ethnic group living to the far west of Greece during the Iron Age. They lived in France, Britain, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. Famous for their ferocity in warfare, they did not speak Greek or really...

The sculpted heads of Greek gods Aphrodite and Dionysus were recently unearthed in the ancient city of Aizanoi in western Turkey. The heads of both Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Dionysus, the god of wine, "are important findings for...

We all know our own astrological sign. However, you might not have known that the origins of astrology link back to ancient Greek mythology, with every sign of the zodiac representing a Greek god, goddess, or other important mythological...

Like many stories of Greek mythology, Persephone’s descent into the realm of Hades, and her emergence from it, has resonances in contemporary arts, most especially the notion of death and rebirth. By Chris Mackie  The student of Greek mythology is often...

The Naxos Quartet is a compelling series of novels by author Patrick Garner about the Greek gods in the modern world. We know the Greek gods from mythology, and assume their stories ended there. According to Garner, they did not....

A rare and stunning mosaic panel depicting Greek scenes has recently been uncovered in the Homs province of Syria. Experts say it dates back to the Roman era. Syrian state news agency SANA reported that archeologists unearthed the sizeable mosaic...

Ancient Greeks believed that the weather, like nearly everything else on earth, was the result of divine activity. Wind, specifically, was associated with the Anemoi, or the Greek gods of the wind. The Anemoi are the four gods named Boreas,...

The ancient Greek gods remain a fascination around the world. As immortals with unusual powers, they appear in movies, books, video games.