The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

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Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

Nominated for a highly respected writing award, Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, who grew up in Seaside Park and attended local ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

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The New York Times asked 11 sleep experts to set the record straight on some of the myths they hear most often. You can’t train your body to need less sleep. If you’ve experienced long-term ...

A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80 ...

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