The English word “tantalize” comes from the Greek myth of Tantalus. Painting by Giovan Battista Langetti. Credit: Public Domain The English word “tantalize,” which means to torment someone by showing ...

There are many myths and misconceptions about COPD — such as only those who smoke can get it. Knowing the realities of the condition can help you separate fact from fiction. Chronic obstructive ...

Time and again, however, scientists have crunched the numbers and determined that the 27 Club has more basis in myth than in math. Taylor Swift’s new ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ album ...

Rather, we wanted to explore the 27 Club to understand how such a myth gains traction and affects people’s perception of reality. The origin of the 27 Club dates back to the early 1970s ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Residents chat as Greek forensics officers investigate at the entrance of a building following an explosion ...

Research interests: Ancient Greek poetry and prose, especially Greek lyric song (Pindar, Simonides and Bacchylides). I also work on literary theory (ethnopoetics and the theory of genre in ancient ...

Halloween can be spooky fun for modern Greeks, expats and tourists. Think of costumes, parties and trick-or-treating — but for sheer terror, the ancient Greeks had gods and goddesses so frightening ...

As Halloween approaches, and the air fills with tales of ghosts and ghouls, it's the perfect time to explore some freaky Irish laws and myths that might send shivers down your spine. From the ...

[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The varied versions of aesthetics that defined the material and spiritual lives of ancient Greek people from the Neolithic age to the end of Antiquity will be ...