The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

This is exemplified in a design known as “Eight Immortals Battle Sea Monsters” that features in a New Year painting from the Qing era. Drawing from a folk tale about immortals clashing with the Dragon ...

A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...