Persephone, the Greek goddess of harvest and fertility, and a daughter of Zeus, is walking through a garden plucking wildflowers one day when Hades, the god of the Underworld, whisks her away to his ...

Forget Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the road to the Underworld. Forget Charon, the lugubrious ferryman on the River Styx. Forget the supernatural realm's assorted Sirens and Cyclopes, not ...

A custom image of Snow White and Persephone from The Goddess of Spring smiling with birds perched on their hands Image by Zanda Rice When it comes to animation, it’s nearly impossible to find a film ...

On a recent Tuesday morning at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a small, all-star cast of curators, conservators, and riggers gathers for a high-stakes production. There have been no rehearsals, ...

Greek archaeologists have discovered the image of a young, red-haired goddess being swept off to the underworld inside a 2,300-year-old tomb near the ancient site of Amphipolis in northern Greece.