Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.

On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church honors St. Martin of Tours, who left his post in the Roman army to become a “soldier of ...

In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth. She therefore combined the duties of several Roman goddesses, including Cybele, Aphrodite and ...

The citizens of the Roman empire and ... Asclepius was transformed into a star after his death. Asclepius was an immensely popular god, originally in Greece but later also in Rome.

An archaeologist in Corinth, Greece, has identified the remains of a Roman prison — one of the ... pleas for the prisoner’s release. "Lord God and pure justice, ransom from this place the ...

Before then, Christians got into trouble because they refused to worship the emperor as a god. Some Christians were arrested and put to death. At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire ...

The Moirai, usually also known as the Fates, stand for the idea of destiny in the expansive sphere of ancient Greek mythology ...

This month of All Saints and All Souls reminds us of our death. For writer Matthew Gambino, it's not a morbid thought but a ...

The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez pioneered social justice-centered liberation theology, once criticized by the Vatican for its ...

Indeed, Gaza is the horror of Bruegel in real life. The Israeli soldiers, pilots and operators of quadcopters and killer ...

Hearing Each Other Means Getting Out of Your Bubble' The film takes place a couple of decades after Maximus’ death. Lucius ...