When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one — informing ...

The Return of Persephone (1891) by Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) The god Hermes helps Persephone return to her mother Demeter. Source: Leeds Art Gallery/Public Domain As the siege of global ...

When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one — informing ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This season, Broadway is traveling way on down to Hadestown, in a new ...

Netflix's latest drama series Kaos, is a modern retelling of some of the most famous stories from Greek mythology, with the overarching plot of the series focussing on a number of humans and gods ...

Hades is 2020’s indie hit, a fantastic action game that uses the characters we all know from Greek mythology to tell its story about determination and strained familial relationships. Except the ...

They’re petulant, arrogant, horny, greedy, jealous, stubborn, vengeful, only occasionally merciful. The worst of human characteristics embodied in immortal deities. And, yes, the old gods walk here. A ...