Multiple works by ancient sources, including varying origin stories, provide a wide-ranging and diverse picture of Medusa. From early...

From the beginning the Greeks’ poetry was intended to be sung or recited. The subject was myth—part legend, part folktale, part religious...

Marble hoplite statue, thought to be Leonidas, 5th c. BCE, Archæological Museum of Sparta. Leonidas – meaning Lion Like - is a name that...