Have you ever wondered where Europe got its name from? Look no further, for today I will discuss the myth of the Phoenician princess Europa, to whom the continent of Europe owes its name. Now,…

In Plato’s Symposium, the comic playwright Aristophanes recounts a lovely myth about the origin of Love. Together with other Athenians, like Socrates and Alcibiades, he is one of the guests at this symposion (‘drinking party’),…

An amusing but relatively unknown myth is that of Arion and the dolphin. While the story dates back to at least the 5th century BC, when it is recounted by Herodotus (Histories 1.23-25), it has…

According to Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome. The story of the twin brothers suckled by a she-wolf would become the city’s iconic foundation myth. It had to provide Rome…

Hercules, known as Heracles in Greek, was the greatest of the Greek heroes. He was famous for his incredible strength and especially for performing the so-called Twelve Labours. Born as the son of Zeus and…