The ancient Greeks deeply believed in the power of curses and their ability to influence the lives of individuals and even ...

Greek media have dubbed Pispirigou a "modern-day Medea" after a figure in Greek mythology who murders her sons after their father leaves her for another woman.

When it comes to Greek and Roman fiction, however, most magicians are women. Witches in ancient literature use smells even more aggressively than their real-life counterparts did. Medea, ...

offering a hip-hop version of Euripides’s Medea, the first great drama about ... the role of women—both mythic and real—in ...