A familiar face has resurfaced from the ruins of an ancient Greek city in Italy. Archaeologists in Sicily have discovered what they believe to be an ancient Roman mask mould depicting the iconic ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

So it is that Perseus finds himself agreeing to find and defeat the Gorgon - a monster called Medusa - a task that Polydectes believes to be impossible, since the Oracle has also prophesied that ...

Among the most notable pieces is the mold that likely represents Medusa, an icon rich in symbolic meanings. In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three Gorgons and symbolized both danger and ...