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How artists use myth to explore the darker side of human nature

From the Midas touch to a Sisyphean task, from Pandora’s box to Achilles’ heel, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have an inescapable presence in everyday life and language. Their ...
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The sculpture of a snake-bodied deity, a hybrid from Roman-Germanic mythology, found at the Roman fort of Stuttgart

The newly found sculpture of the giant together with the stone of the four gods discovered in 1908. The latter is in the repository of the Württemberg State Museum. Both stones were part of a giant ...
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Jason Momoa’s ‘Aquaman’ dips into Greek and Roman sea god mythology

Muscular, bearded and trident-wielding, Jason Momoa’s portrayal of the titular Aquaman in the forthcoming DC film draws on ancient Greek and Roman iconography. Water gods in Greek mythology are a ...
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How Jason Momoa’s ‘Aquaman’ dips into Greek and Roman sea god mythology

Muscular, bearded and trident-wielding, Jason Momoa’s portrayal of the titular Aquaman in the forthcoming DC film draws on ancient Greek and Roman iconography. Water gods in Greek mythology are a ...