Few plants are as strongly associated with Greek culture as the bay laurel for its culinary value and deep symbolic value ...

In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a nightmare come alive—a fire-breathing monster made of lion, goat, and serpent. Heroes feared it, poets cursed it, and legends made it immortal. Judge issues ...

Madeline Miller, author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Circe,” and Jeff announces the January book ...

Leisa Gwenllian is a force of nature as working-class heroine Effi in this big screen version of Gary Owen’s one-woman play The visceral one-woman play Iphigenia in Splott by Welsh dramatist Gary Owen ...

'Jupiter and Pandora' (circa 1600-1640), oil on canvas by Francesco Albani (1578-1660), held at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (Italy). ALINARI ARCHIVES/OPALE.PHOTO The myth says that, in the ...

The World Heritage Convention is not only 'words on paper' but is above all a useful instrument for concrete action in preserving threatened sites and endangered species. Often, the World Heritage ...