Nothing ever knocked Hercules down for long. But in 1997, while playing the mythical hero in the syndicated TV series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," actor Kevin Sorbo was knocked flat by what ...

In new novels by the National Book Award finalists Gary D. Schmidt and Brandon Hobson, adolescent boys navigating parental loss find strength in ancient mythology. By John Schwartz Two very different ...

Ancient myths spoke of heroes with great powers long before the first comic books. One of the greatest of these heroes was Hercules, whose adventures have been repeatedly adapted ever since. Now, ...