Without a doubt, this month’s astronomical highlight will be a total eclipse of the moon. It happens on the night of March 13 ...

How was Alexander the Great supposedly descended from Heracles? Credit: Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. CC BY 1.0/flickr Alexander the Great was a remarkable figure in Greek history for many reasons. However, ...

“I have suffered a great deal and finally am able to complete my quest,” computer science major Meena Torr said. “I will take Greek Mythology in the classics department.” Unlike most people, who took ...

The Spartans, one of ancient Greece’s most formidable city-states, believed they were direct descendants of Heracles, also known as Hercules in Roman mythology. Heracles was a demigod famed for his ...

He was renowned as one of the Heracleidae, descendants of Heracles, who led the Dorian conquest of the Peloponnesus ... While many details of his life are rooted in myth, his role in shaping early ...

An ancient Greek vase featuring a scene of Heracles slaying the Hydra, the multiheaded snake. THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM IN MALIBU The snake in the Garden of Eden, which tempted Eve to eat the ...

Heroes are windows to our past, present, and future. The Myth of Superheroes takes guests on a journey through time that connects ancient Greek and Roman gods and goddesses to the superhero legends of ...

To give our readers a chance to experience all that our new website has to offer, we have made all content freely avaiable, through October 1, 2018. During this time, print and digital subscribers ...