Greek mythology

A new trailer has been released by Paramount for the Greek hero epic, "Hercules." Formerly titled “Hercules: The Thracian Wars,” which is based on the comic of the same name, the action-adventure centers on Hercules as he travels ancient Greece with five faithful...

The inscriptions on the exhibits Epigraphical Museum in Athens, Greece, reveal which professions were the most popular among the ancient Greeks. Painter, mason (architect or carpenter), shipwright, guitar player, fisherman, washer woman, potter, are some of the occupations identified in the...

The mythology of ancient Greece shares many mythological deities with the mythology of ancient Rome, figures that pose common lineages, dominions and attributes, but not always names. With the exception of Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of music,...

Greek mythology is a fascinating topic, with fake gods, goddesses, demigods, heroes and oracles of ancient Greece inspiring thousands of different ideas. If you are also a passionate mobile gamer and interested in games featuring all the above characteristics,...

A statue, believed to be the ancient Greek goddess Demeter, has been unearthed at an illegal excavation in Simav, western Turkey. The statue, weighing in at 610kg and standing 2.8 meters tall, was discovered by two Turks, Ramazan C. And Ismail G, 26 and...

Television network Syfy has put 13-episodes to order for a new Greek mythology drama titled "Olympus." The official description of the series says it "will tell the story of how a few brave men and women banished the Gods to...

A first look at the upcoming "Hercules" epic starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has finally arrived. Formerly titled "Hercules: The Thracian Wars," which is based on the comic of the same name, the action-adventure centers on Hercules as he travels ancient Greece with...

It is common knowledge that the foundation of western society derives from ancient Greece and more specifically from scripts of the ancient Greek scientist and philosophers whose writings have survived more or less complete. Listed below are ten ancient...

Man’s desire to know what the future holds is nothing new or out of the ordinary. In ancient times, the need to know what is to come can be best exhibited by exploring methods in which the Greeks created...

Today is officially the first day of spring and a time when nature is reborn with fruitfulness. For the ancient Greeks, the natural phenomena such as the change of the season, were attributed to divine intervention. One of the most...