In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

The excavated sanctuary complex was dedicated to the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, Demeter, and her daughter, Persephone, according to the Associated Press. The seaside site of Vryokastro ...

Agathocles, born in Terme (modern-day Termini Imerese), a polis near Hymera (the westernmost of the Greek cities in northern Sicily ... which was Agathocles’ symbol and evidence that he was the issuer ...

Here are the best Greek islands to visit. 1. Nisyros: Walk on a volcano According to Greek mythology, it was Poseidon who seized a chunk of Kos and hurled it on top of a fiery Titan called ...

Nyx is the ancient Greek goddess who represents night. Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, who appears often throughout Greek mythology and later Western literary works, Nyx is a ...

Theodoros Kolokotronis, who lived from April 3, 1770 to Feb. 4, 1843, is undoubtedly the ultimate symbol of the Greek War of Independence, which took place from 1821 to 1830. More than any other ...

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