Have you ever wondered why flowers bloom in spring, why summer feels so full of life, and why winter can seem cold and quiet? In Greek mythology, the answer begins with one of the most dramatic family ...

While researching for my Ph.D., I decided to delve into Greek mythology to determine whether I could find a story that could illuminate my understanding of mothering and my interest in maternal ...

When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one — informing ...

SEATTLE - A mysterious "snake goddess" painted on terracotta and discovered in Athens may actually be Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. Once linked to the worship of the dead, the goddess is ...

SEATTLE—The so-called “snake goddess” depicted on a piece of pottery found in the early twentieth century in the Athenian agora has possibly been identified as Demeter, the Greek goddess of the ...