You'd be hard-pressed to find a culture that hasn't been influenced by Greek mythology in some way. Those epic tales of gods, heroes, and fantastical beasts have embedded themselves in our collective ...

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 and ...

In Hesiod’s Theogony, the Greek poet wrote about Tartarus. This was a level of the underworld even further down than Hades. In the Theogony, Hesiod mentions the three guards of Tartarus and places ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in the long pageant of Greek history; appearing in many of the age-old legends of Greek mythology, it was part of the Mycenaean civilization ...

As the title hints, this story pushes the Greek mythology of Percy Jackson into ... Percy and Annabeth have to battle the horror of Gaea along with their crew in order to stop the deities ...

From the Roman Empire to Russian Tsars and the Scottish Highlands, Richard McLauchlan's new book The Bagpipes: A Cultural History explores the mythology, history, and global reverberations ... The ...

Political intrigue, swoon-worthy romance, fierce heroes, mythical creatures—the books on this list have it all! But most notably, all of these stories were inspired by the legends and folktales that ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

After two more stages – at renowned Copenhagen restaurants Amass and Kadeau – he felt ready to go out on his own and opened Gaea, a 16-seat restaurant on Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, in 2019. Ever since, ...

YARRAVILLE, MELBOURNE – A beloved Greek restaurant in Melbourne’s inner west, Eleni’s Kitchen and Bar, was struck by a suspected arson attack early Monday morning, marking the second such incident in ...