The Aeneid by Vergil is a Roman epic that follows the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan warrior who escapes the destruction of Troy and sets out to find a new homeland in Italy. Guided by fate and the ...

Who were the harpies? In Greek and Roman myth, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters on par with other such mythological creatures like the sirens, the sphinx, and the centaurs.

Most books about Roman mythology form a solid basis for ancient Roman beliefs. These are our favorite books about Roman mythology.

I believe the love of Christmas coupled with the loathing of Christianity is one reason why atheists continue to repeat the claim that Christmas is a repurposing of a pagan Roman holiday. Two of ...

Matthew Loar ’07, director of fellowships and student research at Washington and Lee University, recently authored a paper published in The Classical Q u a r terly, a peerreviewed journal centered ...

Book Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s Roman Stories sketches the Eternal City in decay Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri writes from the perspectives of immigrants in Roman Stories.

But the beautiful Julia Lombardi quickly finds there’s more tying her to the gods of Greek and Roman myths than just her looks. “In the Garden of Monsters” is a Gothic reimagining of the Persephone ...

Salvador Dali hires a young artist with a striking similarity to the goddess Proserpina to model for him in the Sacro Bosco, a mystical garden almost as surreal as Dali himself.

How books reimagining Greek myths through female characters became a booming subgenre Emily Donaldson Special to The Globe and Mail Published August 16, 2024 ...

Here are some of the best books inspired by Greek myths of 2024…so far. Ok, Greek myths (and Roman and Norse and Japanese and Korean and you name it) have always been a big deal, inspiring books ...