Entities magically endowed with life by the gods are not a rarity in Greek myth. Consider, for example, Galatea, a statue of a woman sculpted by Pygmalion as art, then brought to life by Aphrodite.

It is the first thematic exhibition focusing on this civilization, which lies at the roots of ancient Greece, ever held in China, though the Classical Age and other historical Greek periods have ...

Courtesy of A24 In one memorable scene, Parthenope emerges out of the ocean and the men at the beach are immediately drawn to her as they are in the Greek myth. This required careful planning with ...

Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra – a work he called a cantata but which is more like sung psychodrama – uses the poet Robert Lowell’s translation of Racine’s Phèdre to explore the fallout from the character ...

Kaos is a modern-day, darkly comic reworking of Greek myth. If, like me, you got hooked on it, you might be wondering what was actually taken from myth and what was creative licence taken by Kaos ...

Released on Netflix on August 29, 2024, Kaos is a daring reinterpretation of ancient Greek mythology that combines modern themes with the ageless tales of gods and mortals. But how faithfully does ...

Kaos also features other figures from Greek Mythology including Medusa (Debi ... They had four children - Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe, and Hephaestus. Before Hera, he was married to Metis and they ...

But what Greek mythology inspired the series, and what tales do you need to know? If you were a fan of Baz Luhrmann's take on Romeo and Juliet, you need to get KAOS on your must-watch list ...

Covell wields the major players of Greek mythology as if playing in a sandbox ... Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, and Hermes — all rife for comedic characterisation of their own.

A couple of brief teasers aside, Netflix hasn't really been promoting KAOS, but the streamer has finally released a proper trailer for the contemporary Greek mythology drama, which stars Jeff ...

Nine years later, The Song of Achilles went viral on BookTok, a TikTok subcommunity that, if you’re not familiar with it, is a bit like Greek mythology itself: vast, mysterious and conducive to ...