Many have traced the contemporary conception of a mermaid to the ancient Greek figure of the siren, despite the fact that ...

Greek mythology is fascinating. Although these myths or legends were told by ancient people thousands of years ago, they hold universal truths and lessons that relate to us in our modern-day lives.

A mysterious "snake goddess" painted on terracotta and discovered in Athens may actually be Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. Once linked to the worship of the dead, the goddess is ...

One of the most recognizable figures of antiquity, the Sphinx, took many forms in the civilizations of Greece, the Near East ...

The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

If she were Demeter, the snake goddess plaque would be one of the oldest images ever found of that particular deity. Either way, the snake goddess is "striking," Laughy said.