In new novels by the National Book Award finalists Gary D. Schmidt and Brandon Hobson, adolescent boys navigating parental loss find strength in ancient mythology. By John Schwartz Two very different ...

This is the last installment in my series of posts on the Twelve Labors of Hercules in Why Myths Still Matter (see Parts 1 and 2). Here we consider the final five Herculean labors and their possible ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A newly uncovered Roman-era mosaic in Cyprus depicting Hercules’ Labors will be transferred to a new, dedicated wing of a museum in the coastal town of Larnaca, where crews ...

Hercules (aka Herakles or Heracles) is perhaps the greatest of mythic Greek heroes. His courage, strength, skill and cunning are literally legendary, and were revered in ancient Greek culture.

Reeling from his parents’ sudden death in a car accident a year and a half ago, 12-year-old Hercules Beal lives with his older brother Achilles in Truro on Cape Cod, which Hercules calls “the most ...