Long before the gods of Olympus or Rome, ancient Indo-European speakers likely worshiped a sky father known as Dyeus Pater. This reconstructed deity left linguistic traces across Sanskrit, Greek ...

These are manifestations of pagan culture and are echoed through most civilisations – Indian mythology has Indra and Varuna, Norse mythology has Thor, and Roman mythology has Jupiter. However, Greek ...

Even if you're a Greek mythology newbie and you've never acquainted yourself with the likes of Athena, Aphrodite, or Hercules, you've likely heard of at least one major player on Mount Olympus: Zeus, ...

They are named Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, after figures in Greek mythology associated with the god Zeus. ("Jupiter" is the ancient Roman name for Zeus.) ...