The impossible, three-headed monster of Ancient Greek mythology, the Chimaera, may have started off as a fantasy, but today, the word “chimera” can be used to refer to anything that seems ...

Greek mythology has always evoked a sense of mystic curiosity of these myths and lore told by the ancient Greeks. Find out facts on Greek folklore and take this quiz on how much you truly know of ...

The Chimera was a fearsome creature from Ancient Greece that was a mixture of animal features, said to inhabit Lycia in Asia Minor or Anatolia, Turkey. What features you ask? Well, take a lion ...

The so-called "chimera" - named after the hybrid creature in Greek mythology - was created through the injection of human stem cells into a pig embryo and was less than 0.001 per cent human.

In real Greek mythology, Echidna was indeed the mother of monsters. She was half-woman half-snake and had many kids with the giant serpent Typhon.

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events.

By Renee Thony/rthony@newsminer.com Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Jun 1, 2011 Jun 1, 2011Updated Jan 16, 2013 ...

The Olympiad wasn’t just a sporting event — it was a cornerstone of Ancient Greek culture. Held every four years starting in 776 B.C.E., the games were so revered that they became the basis ...