Literal references to Greek mythology are everywhere from terms like ‘the Midas touch’, to ‘Achilles’ heel’. Without a basic knowledge of Greek mythology, these phrases would be meaningless. The cover ...
Famously mentioned in Hesiod’s Theogony in the 8th century B.C.E., Nyx is one of the oldest deities in Greek mythology. The primordial goddess of the night, Nyx gave birth to numerous offspring, who ...
At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured in a stampede during India's Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, officials confirmed late Wednesday, January 29th. The chaos ...
Greek mythology often reads like a soap opera for deities. One moment Zeus condemns a traitor to have his liver pecked apart by vultures for eternity, the next he disguises himself as a swan so he can ...
I can still remember it, as if it was yesterday. During one of those surreal sittings of the Public Accounts Committee which I chair, Keith Schembri had reminisced how Konrad Mizzi, half-jokingly, had ...