An essay by Marianne Bonz describing the myriad of religious options available in the Roman Empire. Bonz is managing editor of Harvard Theological Review. She received a doctorate from Harvard ...

As autumn winds down and winter begins, these December evenings are graced with not only huge, breathtaking constellations but the three brightest objects in the night sky as well. Jupiter reaches ...

Despite his wisdom and majesty, this early Zeus could also be petty, self-indulgent, and occasionally cruel. By the first century before the common era, however, his identity had merged with the more ...