Until the 7th century BC, the peoples of the Mediterranean Basin had rarely encountered peacocks. When the Bible mentions this bird, it is to describe a rare and precious animal brought back from ...

“Orestes Being Pursued by the Furies,” by William Adolphe Bouguereau 1862. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Many people have at least heard of the name Orestes, which is the name of a ...

“Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus,” by John William Waterhouse, 1891. Circe was among one of the most famous femme fatales in Greek mythology. Credit: Public Domain There are many strong and ...

There’s something vaguely holy about “Lwa,” Fabiola Jean-Louis’s softly menacing effigy of a Haitian deity posed in a flood of daylight at the Gardner Museum. The handful of steps leading ...

Black cats have arguably the best naming potential. With the lure of mystery, superstition, and magic around black cats, there’s an endless abyss of name inspiration to pull from. You’ve ...

If Kostas Ouranis’s famous poem “Journey to Kythera” speaks of an ideal place, a journey that remains a fleeting dream, for George Miller—who hails from Kythera—his life’s journey was cinema, with ...

NEW YORK, NY – A powerful bronze sculpture, “Suppliants” (1958), by acclaimed Greek artist Frosso Efthymiadi-Menegaki, was unveiled at UN Headquarters on February 24th, marking the commencement of ...

Thanks to Morefun Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, you can enter our giveaway for a chance to unlock the secrets of the mythical world of The Hidden Ones with our giveaway! Starting today ...

When cinematographer Daria D’Antonio first stepped into the role of director of photography on Paolo Sorrentino’s film “The Hand of God” after working with him for many years (including as ...