Christmas is a much-beloved holiday, celebrated by billions of people across the globe. In the U.S. alone, the Pew Center ...

Many traditional Roman myths show the goddess as an antagonistic force. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses , during the reign of Rome’s founder Romulus, Juno unfastens the bolts of the city’s gates to ...

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...

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With its focus on the power of art to bring people together, the project’s inspiration includes mythological paintings in our collection that show classical scenes of joyful procession and acts of ...

“Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection ” includes 58 works from the largest private ...

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman ...

The Pillars of Hercules are mentioned in Greek mythology frequently, but what were they? Lets examine the answer to that ...

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Roman Pagan celebrations in December hold major similarities to modern-day Christmas festivities, but how did they come to be?