In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast with a bull head. When Athenian hero Theseus penetrated the labyrinth ...

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Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events. From Fate & Fabled ...

It is extremely likely that the purpose of the Ganymede story as a piece of mythology was to give a sort of divine legitimacy to the ancient Greek institution of pederasty—the practice through which ...

Greek mythology’s Hecabe (Hecuba) and Polyxena by Merry-Joseph Blondel. Credit: Merry-Joseph Blondel (France, Paris, 1781-1853), Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Ancient Greek mythology is one of the ...

Most of these Chrysos Heirs are based on actual Greek mythology and heroes, and their personal descriptions also share a little insight into their idelogies and motives. Read on to find out more ...

In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...

The complex ancient stories of Greek mythology — often rigid and unapproachable to modern readers — are meant to explain the varied conditions of humanity. In the new Netflix show ...

Especially in the first couple of episodes, it’s plain to see what attracted Covell to the idea of a modern society in which the Greek gods seem to be the only religious game in town.