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Like your pet more than people? So did some of the Greco-Romans

The Roman writer Claudius Aelian (2nd–3rd century CE) tells us a curious story about a boy and a pet snake:

The Conversation

Angry, wise, or plain horny? Zeus comes in many forms onscreen – just as he did in the original myths

With a flash of garish colour and the blaring of an ’80s rock track we are on Mount Olympus, home to the pantheon of ancient Greek gods and goddesses.

The Conversation

Hello sailors: what these two kissing seamen can tell us about Kamala Harris’s White House bid

With this luminous painting, Amy Sherald sought to ‘uncensor’ a passionate act that should only ever have been regarded as normal. It came to mind as I watched Harris setting her sights on the presidency

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Harry Hamlin: ‘Clash of the Titans was fraught – the producers didn’t speak to me again for 25 years’

The ‘L.A. Law’ star – and one-time reality TV husband – speaks to Tom Murray about bonding with Laurence Olivier, his former relationship with Ursula Andress, and why playing one of mainstream American cinema’s first gay leading roles put him in a 40-year exile from major movies

The Independent UK

Starwatch: Perseus points to Double Cluster 7,500 light years away

Faint smudges represent combined light from thousands of distant stars

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a ball of fire’: Perseids meteor shower to peak this weekend

While meteors are active from July, Perseids will be most visible in northern hemisphere this Saturday and Sunday

The Guardian - UK

What Greek mythology teaches us about women’s resistance and rebellion

After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to abortion in June 2022; women have also been leaving the workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases to care for children and elderly…

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Legends and characters in books, TV and film 'you didn't realise were LGBTQ+'

Myths and legends geek Dan Jones' book - Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend - features characters including god Achilles, Wonder Woman, and Barbie's Ken doll

Daily Mirror

Why early Christians wouldn't have found the Christmas story's virgin birth so surprising

Every year on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of their religion’s founder, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Part of this celebration includes the claim that Jesus was born from a virgin mother named Mary, which is fundamental to the Christian understanding that Jesus is the divine son of God.

The Conversation

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes review – why Medusa is no monster

The gods are silly and spiteful, and hero Perseus an idiot boy in this brilliantly funny take on Greek myth

The Guardian - UK

If looks could kill: how Medusa became a potent political meme

Medusa has become the default allegory for a hated woman in the public eye, but those who fear her lethal gaze would do well to revisit the myth

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