The Greek Dionysus and the Roman Bacchus are functionally the same god, but there are a few key differences. Dionysus—a noble, youthful figure in myth and classical literature—is usually ...

The aged and blind Oedipus at Colonus, in an 1800 drawing by Bertel Thorvaldsen, says, ‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death! All other things almighty Time disquiets.’© Sepia ...

Universal Pictures has discovered it may have one too many warring Greek gods on the lot. The studio, which will distribute Relativity Media’s mythological actioner “War of the Gods ...

Tarsem Singh ’s Greek god epic, Immortals, is a visually stunning adventure featuring a heavy dose of battles and violence. But in the middle of all the beheading, bashing and blood-spilling, is ...