There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on Greek mythology, showing how much it still speaks to us today over ...

Relatively rare in Ireland, mistletoe (Viscum album, or “drualas” as it’s known as Gaeilge) is a hemiparasitic, non-native, ...

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Two new books give a multi-hued portrait of Seamus Heaney as he pursued a late-20th-century vocation as a public advocate of ...

God of the sea, rivers, storms, earthquakes, bulls and horses, Poseidon occupies a large amount of ancient Greek mythology.

The Romans, for their part, believed that they descended from the Trojan hero Aeneas, who fled to Italy after Troy’s destruction, as recounted by Virgil in the Aeneid; Julius Caesar was said to ...

Victor Davis Hanson compares America's current historical moment to the period surrounding the life of Christ, when the Roman Republic transformed into the Roman Empire, during an interview with ...

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Shaker Heights Board of Education may have put the daggers away -- at least for now -- on ...

Strangled by Sea SnakesIn Virgil’s Aeneid, the Trojan priest Laocoön warns against the wooden horse: “I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.” Soon after, he and his sons are strangled by ...

We have the 7-letter answer for Accelerated high-school class that covers the Aeneid crossword clue, last seen in the Apple+ Crossword June 14, 2025 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the ...

It parallels Achilles’ choice at Troy or Dido’s pyre in the Aeneid, yet remains uniquely rooted in Chinese tradition.” The operatic part is composed by Dr. WANG Xinyang, first-prize winner of the ...