Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used to guide children ...

Scott Fitzpatrick also picks this as one of the best Greek mythology books of all time and says you can't go wrong with this ...

In the fifth century B.C., the playwright Sophocles begins “Oedipus Tyrannos” with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his ...

Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people. Social ...

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western culture, and ...

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In the world of ancient Greek stories, some spirits inspired awe, some inspired worship, and some existed mainly to frighten children into behaving. Among these fearsome figures was Mormo, a night ...