Cadmus is a key person in the world of Greek mythology and is best known as the famous founder and creator of the ancient city of Thebes.

Those familiar with Greek mythology know the story of Icarus, who was gifted a pair of wax wings in order to fly out of the labyrinth where he was imprisoned. The wings were suited perfectly for ...

Thumos, the ancient drive for honor and recognition, remains overlooked in psychiatry. Yet its role in extremism, ideological ...

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe is a modern retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, giving Persephone the autonomy she previously lacked.

A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80 ...

Paul Cadmus was an American painter, best known for his stylized, high-contrast renderings of male nudes and portraits. In his elegant tempura paintings, Cadmus emphasizes his subjects’ musculature in ...

At Promontory Summit, Utah, in 2014, photographer Corky Lee gathered the descendants of Chinese immigrants who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869. It wasn’t the first time ...

When it comes to 2024’s biggest hits, there are few games as impressive as Black Myth: Wukong. The fantastic action title launched to rave reviews and huge player counts across the board ...

In response, God instructed Moses to make a serpent out of bronze and mount it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten could look at the bronze serpent and would be healed. "The brazen serpent", with ...

Walking through this exhibition of some 250 works by nearly a hundred artists working in the former Eastern Bloc, I was forced at one point to turn back and re-enter it through the exit so that a mess ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s cows sounds a little like a Rudyard Kipling tale ...