Sky Atlantic We think of the Druids as being embedded in British culture from the mists of ancient times. But what we think we know...
Mythology
Mythology preserves stories through which cultures explained origins and gave meaning to human experience. Explore the gods and legendary figures that shaped religious and literary traditions.
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: a true Amazonian, she is trained in a range of skills in...
Caravaggio’s 1595 masterpiece Bacchus. Wikimedia Commons Wine, more than other beverage, is intimately connected to celebration and worship. By...
Vuk Kostic/www.shutterstock.com Historic heroes like King Arthur have helped audiences through the ages to cope with troubling times. By Dr. Raluca Radulescu /...
Death of Adonis, by Luca Giordano, c.1685 / The Yorck Project via Wikimedia Commons By Elias N. Azar...
Holly Hayes/Flickr, CC BY-NC A forensic dig into early British history means we can finally understand the heroes and stories...
Ishtar (on right) comes to Sargon, who would later become one of the great kings of Mesopotamia. Edwin...
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, where the wisdom of the oracle was dispensed. Janet Lackey/flickr, CC BY-NC Cicero...
The Roman weekday ‘dies Veneris’ was named after the planet Venus, which in turn took its name...
A dramatic tale of love, betrayal, and vengeance, Medea is continually reinvented for new audiences. By Dr. Mary...
Orphic Prayer Sheet, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 1 7/16 x 7/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum,...
By Erin Branham / 10.07.2012 Education Specialist for Family Programs Getty Villa I’m a fan of religion. That sounds glib,...
Eros Wearing a Lionskin, Greek, 100–1 B.C. Terracotta, pigment, and gold, 15 3/4 in. high. The Museum...
By Dr. Gregory Nagy Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Professor of Comparative Literature Director, Center for Hellenic...
Preparations for a Sacrifice, fragment from an architectural relief, c. mid-first century C.E., marble, 172 x 211...
Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy. (From a panoramic fresco on the upper level...
Pentheus torn apart by Agave and Ino. Attic red-figure lekanis (cosmetics bowl) lid, ca. 450-425 BCE /...
Mask of Agamemnon, from shaft grave V, grave circle A, c.1550-1500 B.C.E., gold, 12 inches / 35...
Dying Warrior sculpture from the East Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina,c.500-480 BCE,...
Statue of the ancient greek historian Herodotus at the parliament of Vienna / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
Detail of a relief depicting the “Apotheosis of Homer,” attributed to Archelaos of Priene, ca. 225 BCE–205...
Achilles rides in Victory dragging the body of Hektor / Wikimedia Commons By John D. Beatty Military...
Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops, as painted by Arnold Böcklin in 1896. Wikimedia By Dr. Chris...
Odysseus departs from the Land of the Phaeacians, painting by Claude Lorrain (1646) / Louvre Museum, Paris By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
Thetis immersing her son, Achilles, in the River Styx by Antoine Borel, 18th century / Galleria Nazionale,...
A Reading from Homer (1885) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885 / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jean...
Ajax defending the ships of the Greeks. After a drawing by John Flaxman / Image via H.P....
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount...
By Dr. Raquel Martín-Hernández / 03.28.2014 Postdoctoral Researcher Universidad Complutense de Madrid Abstract The verses of Homer...
Sandstone Etruscan relief excavation / Creative Commons By Dr. Dominique Briquel Professor of Archaeology and Latin Université...