Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.

Iris is the Greek goddess of rainbows, symbolic of carrying messages between the divine world to humankind. October-borns ...

Before heroes, monsters, and epic quests, everything in Greek mythology began with the Olympian gods — the rulers of the ...

A new study suggests that an ivory shoulder in ancient Greek mythology may represent the earliest prosthetic shoulder ...

Whatever the ferment of contemporary literary culture, the myths and legends of ancient Greece continue to be a rich source of story and reference. In our censorious era, there is something ...

Nina Beguš remembers being at an event 10 years ago where a group of engineers showcased new robots that could recognize ...

Many writers hope their work will live beyond them. But when Greek poets and playwrights began recording their country’s myths and legends more than 2,700 years ago, they couldn’t have known quite how ...