Not every monster in mythology starts as one. And Medusa has dozens of interpretations. Is her story a cautionary tale about ...

The author of the Myth of Monsters series recommends works that tell, or retell, these strange and wonderful stories for ...

The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early ...

Yet the beach was not all bad for the Greeks. Because the beach acted as a bridge between sea and land, the Greeks thought ...

Nietzsche greatly admired Greek philosophy, which significantly influenced his ideas about life and human nature.

As shared meaning dissolves and reason loses its sway, many of us are left with a vague emptiness—alone with our doubts, ...