Based on ancient mythology, Atlas is a well-known figure in Greek stories. According to Greekmythology.com, Atlas was the son of Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia, or some believe it was Clymene.

Natalie Haynes, whose books examine and recontextualize Greek mythology through a feminist lens, explained to Esquire that the surge of new voices and interpretations has been especially ...

As a child, I loved Greek mythology. My first exposure to Greek mythology was “Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods” by Rick Riordan, a retelling of the Greek mythological stories in the sarcastic narration of ...

For fans of: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood and Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson It’s nearly ...

We’ve curated a selection of the best books about Greek mythology to help you better understand the classic tales of ancient history below. Known as the first and greatest literary achievement ...

But what Greek mythology inspired the series, and what tales do you need to know? If you were a fan of Baz Luhrmann's take on Romeo and Juliet, you need to get KAOS on your must-watch list ...

In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...

A Greek mythology obsession is basically a middle school rite of passage (right up there with the classic Ancient Egypt hyper-fixation). There’s something larger-than-life about Greek myths that ...

Greek mythology is also full of striking visual images that have been transmitted into modern society. The logo for the fashion brand Versace is the head of the gorgon Medusa.More generically, the ...

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast with a bull head. When Athenian hero Theseus penetrated the labyrinth ...