Opera diva Maria Callas has had a volatile relationship with the Athens intellectual establishment, as evident by her 1957 comeback concert.

Flowers have long carried meaning across cultures. Egyptians revered the lotus as a symbol of purity and rebirth, while ancient Greeks crowned the heads of poets and warriors with laurel, representing ...

Judas Iscariot's death is told in two conflicting Bible accounts—one of remorse and hanging, the other of a gruesome fall in a cursed field.

Jack Black returned to SNL on April 5, and he didn’t hold back. It had been 20 years since his last time hosting, but he showed no signs of rust.

The mythological origins of how we understand queer love between women lays the perfect foundation for Lucy Dacus’ fourth studio album, “Forever Is A Feeling,” which came out March ...

It’s based on all this stuff that I’ve been reading, the ancient Greek texts, and it’s amazing ... Marianne was amazing, man. She never slowed down.” Working with Lou Reed on Lulu was ...

Aimee Semple McPherson took to the radio to spread the Gospel, but her mysterious disappearance cast a shadow on her ...

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

The story of the dragon is attached to George fairly late. It first appears in a prologue added in the 12th century to the ...

Charm, romance, seduction… the oleander (Nerium oleander) or desert rose has long been featured in myth. In the language ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...