The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.

Greek mythology has been reflected in paintings and hundreds of vivid works that have come to be considered masterpieces.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Athena presides over the voting for the award of the arms of ...

How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

Madeline Miller’s hit 2011 novel The Song of Achilles, which reimagines The Iliad, sparked an enduring literary trend. In the decade-plus since, novels that put a new spin on Greek epics like Homer’s ...

For as long as we’ve told stories, we’ve mixed fact with fiction: cities swallowed by the sea, warrior women, forgotten civilisations. While there is a lot of fantasy thrown in, there is usually some ...

Greek-Australian performer and writer Zoe Terakes excavates erased queer and trans histories in Eros: Queer Myths for Lovers ...