In the Beginning, there was Man. In time, Man grew bored, so he created a work of fiction (not a woman, as the popular story goes). He read the fiction, and found it good and entertaining. He decided to create more, found it good, and so forth and so on. After He created this first work of fict...

Religion over the ages has served the purpose of trying to explain creation and life to the people who follow it. Religion, particularly that of ancient peoples, has used Gods to explain life, creation, and morals among other things it followers. Religion also sought to explain the unexplainable. B...

Tragedy was performed in Athens at the annual festival of Dionysus, the Great, or the City, Dionysia in late March. Competition was held on three successive mornings of the festival. Three tragic poets, who had been selected earlier in the year, each presented a tetralogy, consisting of three traged...