Sexual allure was long an intrinsic aspect of Aphrodite, and erotic pleasures were referred to as ta Aphrodisia, "the business of Aphrodite." The goddess's body was not fully revealed in Greek art, ...
Credit: Saliko CC BY-SA 4.0 Ancient Greek women had their own festival, Haloa, where they honored three deities with drinking, telling dirty jokes and carrying huge makeshift phalluses. Men were not ...
A look at some of Ireland's most popular Irish folklore and mythology - what's your favorite? From shamrocks and Saint Patrick to Pooka and Banshees, learn more about the most famous stories and ...
Tyche was consistently aloof or disinterested in the result of her actions. In one of the most famous tales of the Greek gods, she allows Hades to kidnap Persephone. Hades, ruler of the Underworld, ...
Archaeologists excavating a 3,000-year-old temple complex in Turkey’s southwestern Mugla province have uncovered a depiction of the goddess Hecate. The discovery was made at Lagina, an ancient Greek ...