In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

Greek-born artist mines mythology from female point of view in 'Daughters of Athena' Nancy Gilson. ... “I realized that in the art world, a lot of men were represented but not women.

Rosales’s exhibition, titled Entwined, calls attention to how African myths may resonate with ancient Greek ones. Her work blends Afro-Cuban orishas with motifs from Renaissance paintings of ancient ...

Angela Classi, a local artist and former physical therapist, is showcasing her latest work in an exhibit at Heckscher Museum of Art, “Demeter in Central Park.” Inspired by the Greek goddess of ...

Men Have Feared Women for Millennia. Just Look at the Monsters of Greek Mythology A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity, from Medusa to the Sphinx ...

She ultimately stands for the concept of finding one’s purpose, in spite of life’s uncertainties. Although they were understandably feared, the Greek Fates also offered solace and hope.

Aimed at audiences 13 and older, the YA film is a sci-fi coming-of-age story Penelope, the heroine from Homer’s The Odyssey. Set in a world inspired by ancient Greece, it will follow the ...

Senior Lecturer, UIC Classics and Mediterranean Studies, Krishni Burns, hosts Hadestown cast members, Jaylon Crump, center, Katelyn Crall and Julia Schick, as they take part in a discussion on ...

In an interview with THR, director Nicole Kassell talks giving a modern twist on Greek mythology through a female lens in Netflix’s ‘Sirens.’ ...