My dear friend Kori Schake has written a wonderful article at War on the Rocks in praise (mostly) of my new book, The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern. The book takes up the subject of how ...

With a slash of a broad sword and a whoosh of a javelin, the glory that was Greece is back at the box office and audiences are loving it. The release of “Troy,” the epic drama based on the Trojan War ...

If you’ve stepped into a bookshop recently you’ve no doubt spotted them – mounded on display tables, their distinctive covers awash in laurel leaves, meander patterns, gold leaf and gently serifed all ...

Achilles was a central hero in the ancient Greek tradition, but he doesn't meet the modern conception of a hero. This is the mythology of Achilles explained. Loni Anderson's cause of death revealed ...

Madeline Miller’s “The Song of Achilles” has become much more than a best-selling mythic romance; it’s a rite of passage for some LGBTQIA+ readers. First published in 2011, this Greek war epic — told ...

I’ve been a Greek history geek since my grandmother sat me down with a bowl of kalamata olives, feta cheese and a book of Greek mythology at the kitchen table and said: “This is your history. This is ...

Queer love stories in games usually come in two flavours: those that are defined solely by their queerness, and those that are just like heteronormative relationships with the serial numbers filed off ...

Andrea is a freelance writer who graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She has been playing games her entire life, having grown up on platformers and RPGs. When ...

Alex Michaelides is the author of The Silent Patient, a psychological thriller that became a No. 1 best-seller. His second novel, The Maidens, also draws on Greek myth, as death stalks the female ...