A Classic a Day

Coronis Painting by Adam Elsheimer Though a beautiful land of vast plains and towering mountains, Thessaly, in northern Greece, held ...

Leto in the Wilderness Artist Unknown Mother to two of the greatest of the deities of Olympus, the Titaness Leto was a force to be r...

The Children of Niobe Painting by Jacques Louis-David Cursed indeed was the House of  Tantalus . A divine and royal line descended f...

Though much is written, read, preached and even painted of the fall of Adam and Eve , somewhat less is their fate after their expulsion spo...

The legend of the hero Theseus is matched only by the infamy of the beast he slew - the Minotaur. When the city's hour of need was ...

Strength, wisdom, charisma and valour - all virtues of a heroic persona. But contrary to popular belief, heroism was not a male monopoly i...

Ursa Major was not the only of the great constellations of the night sky to draw the attention of the ancients. Indeed all the major stars...