Love connects people to one another.However, love can also give rise to jealousy and cause conflict.In Greek mythology, it ...

A new opera by American composer Nico Muhly is reimagining the myth of Aphrodite through a contemporary lens, exploring beauty, desire and identity in a strikingly relevant way. Aphrodite had its ...

Everyone knows Aphrodite and Athena. But your birth month may belong to a goddess history forgot.

Aphrodite is also recognised as a goddess of nature, for example she is shown sitting on rocks, under a tree and amongst birds. The second room in the exhibition focuses on Aphrodite’s origins in 1200 ...

Sex sells, we’re often told – and, it seems, Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum agrees. With a sinuous female nude painted in around 1490 by Sandro Botticelli as its poster girl, this new exhibition offers a ...

I’ve just finished the fourth of seven classes for a class on Aphrodite. It’s the first class I’ve created from scratch about a godd that I work with personally and that I don’t really talk about… ...

Throughout history, mirrors have been more than tools for reflection. They capture what the eye sees and, in myths, sometimes what the heart hides. Among these legendary objects is the Mirror of ...