Discover the realm of mythology, where ancient legends and timeless tales shaped civilizations across cultures and millennia.
Homer’s Iliad is full of larger-than-life heroes. Meet the 13 greatest Greek warriors who fought in the Trojan War for the Achaean Army.
Persephone's abduction by Hades, and her mother Demeter's long search for her, is a tragic etiological myth that explains the changing seasons in Greek mythology.
Heracles’ adventures after the labors—love, slavery, vengeance, and the epic battle that saved Olympus.
The divine twins Castor and Pollux are prominent heroes in several Greek myths, but their unique immortality sets them apart from other heroes.
Heracles found love and settled down after a lifetime of adventures, but his past deeds came back to haunt him, leading to his tragic demise.
In Greek Mythology, the line between Hera, queen of Heaven, and Eileithyia, the embodiment of either blessing or curse in labor and delivery, gets quite blurry.
More than 3,000 gods and goddesses appear in ancient sources. The most important were the 12 Olympian deities, the Titans, and the Primordial gods.
Here are the most important gods from ancient Egypt’s pantheon of more than 2,000 deities – gods of the sun, the underworld, crocodiles, and wisdom.