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 ...

The myth of Medusa originates from Greek mythology. There are various works detailing the myth, however a key writing on Medusa is found in Ovid's Metamophoses, an epic poem written in hexameter ...

Revisiting Greek myths with a female perspective has become something of a publishing trend in recent years. Debut author Lauren J.A. Bear adds “Medusa’s Sisters” to a growing shelf of ...

Before you scout an artist and schedule that appointment, scroll on for 10 gorgeous and simple Greek mythology tattoos for some inspo. 1 Athena Opt for an interpretation of Athena , daughter of ...

Madeline Miller’s hit 2011 novel The Song of Achilles, which reimagines The Iliad, sparked an enduring literary trend. In the decade-plus since, novels that put a new spin on Greek epics like ...

Mural with Hades abducting Persephone in a chariot. From Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, via Wikimedia Commons Mortal women. Greek culture, however, was suspicious of strong-willed women and portrayed ...

I am aware of Greek mythology. I have a daughter and my son, they all went through their Percy Jackson phase. And I’m involved in a project based on Medusa, went to Greece last year, so the ...