A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm ...

In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee.

“Ulysses and the Sirens,” John William Waterhouse, 1891. Credit: Public Domain Greek mythology came to life on canvas through numerous vibrant artworks, many of which have transcended into ...

The king of the Gods on Mount Olympus. He governs the sky, thunder and Justice. He was called ‘father’ even by the gods who are not his own children. Pygmalion is a symbol of art and love as he was ...

The marble statue had been placed in the sewer and covered with dirt. Credit: @thandojo/X Archaeologists near Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Greece uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient ...

The king of the Greek gods could control many things: the weather, as the sky and thunder god; order and justice; his enemies, thanks to his thunderbolts; and the other Olympians, most of the time.