Icarus was the son of craftsman Daedalus and despite all the warnings by his father he flew too close to the sun which melted his wings and he fell down in the sea and died. Achilles personifies the ...

King Eurystheus ordered Heracles to capture the Cretan Bull and bring it to him as part of his seventh labor. Prince Minos ...

An ancient Greek relief sculpture featuring an ear may seem strange to some, but it was made with the hopes that someone ...

The beloved painting titled The Carols (Greek: Ta Kalanta) was produced in 1872 by the reputable Greek painter Nikiforos Lytras.

As we enter a new year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on and leave behind some consumer myths that are detrimental to ourselves and to the planet. Some might argue that buying more stimulates ...

His name means “Fair Haired” in Old Irish. Finvarra is also the King of the Daoine Sidhe, a race of deities in Irish mythology, and is sometimes described as the King of the Dead. His home is ...

Greek Airbnb owners are threatening to shut down over 30,000 properties in February 2025 to protest new government regulations they say will cripple their businesses. The proposed rules include ...

Drawings & studies in pencil, chalk and other mediums / by Lord Leighton of Stretton ; facsimiled after the originals ; with a preface by S. Pepys Cockerell. - London,: 1898.