Theseus and the Minotaur, and Leda and the Swan. Argillet remembers the creation of some of these works: “He immersed an octopus found on the beach in acid to form the imprint of Medusa,” she ...

Each mound in turn triggers a memory – the dead Minotaur (slaughtered by her husband Theseus), her wedding shoes, and a dead youth, her stepson Hippolytus, slain to save her reputation as Theseus’ ...

Individuals who described themselves as “long-term residents of Cambridge” called for “a more enlightening representation of ...

Though her brother is a thunderous Minotaur, she manages to focus on the ... and one finally arrives to complete the task — Prince Theseus. Natalie Haynes wrote A Thousand Ships to make sure ...

Recently, more and more foreign authors have been turning to ancient Greece to get inspiration for their novels.

Dionysus was one of the twelve Olympian deities the ancient Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos. He was the patron god of wine and merriment, credited with the discovery of the grapevine. He was ...

Phaedra was the sister of Ariadne, the princess of Crete who helped Theseus to overcome the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Like he did with Ariadne, Theseus eventually lost interest in his wife ...

‘The Storyteller: Greek Myths' retells Daedalus and Icarus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Perseus and Gorgon, and Theseus and the Minotaur and is narrated by Sir Michael Gambon once again aided by his ...