The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

You’d have six sunrises and six sunsets every day. It would never get dark. According to Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Leda, the queen of Sparta. The twins ...

The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations ...

Authorities on the Greek islands Rhodes and Lemnos have declared a state of emergency after powerful storms caused extensive flooding and infrastructure damage ATHENS, Greece -- Authorities on the ...

In Polynesian mythology, Maui stands as one of the most significant figures in creation stories spanning multiple cultures. While Disney portrays him as a charismatic showman with magical tattoos ...

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 — ...

Greek mythology’s Hecabe (Hecuba) and Polyxena by Merry-Joseph Blondel. Credit: Merry-Joseph Blondel (France, Paris, 1781-1853), Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Ancient Greek mythology is one of the ...