The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual powers.

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

We’re in a golden age of Greek mythology retellings, with characters such as Medusa, Circe, Ariadne, and more getting their time in the spotlight thanks to contemporary authors and classicists. On ...

The author of the Myth of Monsters series recommends works that tell, or retell, these strange and wonderful stories for virtually every age group. By Katherine Marsh Katherine Marsh, a National Book ...

Long before stories of full moons and silver bullets, the Greeks told a far older tale of the first man cursed to become a wolf. His name was King Lycaon, and his story marks one of the earliest roots ...

When I was 8 or 9 years old, my uncle and aunt gave me a copy of D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, a standard-bearer for children’s folklore that was originally published in 1962. I was immediately ...

Penelope Weaver has spent her entire life preparing for Anaximander's Academy, a prestigious boarding school hidden in the Berkshires, where students learn to bring Greek mythology to life. At ...