It was the moment the Milan Cortina Olympics officially began. With approximately 80,000 spectators filling the stadium, the ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

Patchwork Theatre Company hosted a playwriting festival last weekend in which participants had to write a play, produce and ...

If you look to the south on a dark and clear winter evening, you’ll see a familiar seven-star pattern that forms the ...

This piece could serve as a sequel to the column piece “When gods err” (8/8/25) that I wrote last year. I started off then by saying that the moniker “the gods of Padre Faura” refers to the Supreme ...

January isn’t named for snow, cold, or a fresh calendar page. It’s named for a Roman god with two faces.That detail sounds ...

Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is a symptom of a larger trend amongst Hollywood blockbusters in which directors consistently forgo diverse, unique casting in favor of throwing the same well-known American and ...

Rose Day 2026: This day marks the beginning of Valentine's Week, celebrated annually on February 7. According to ancient Roman myths, roses are associated with Venus, the Goddess of Love. Rose is one ...

Italian authorities opened an inquiry after a restored fresco in a Roman basilica appeared to depict Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as an angel or as Nike, the winged figure from Greek mythology.

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

The restoration set off a political row involving opposition parties, cultural authorities and a church with long-standing ...