What the Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Our Moment of Crisis

3:00am PST - January 19th, 2022    epic - Time

In late 2020, towards the end of my work on my compendium of Greek myths, I was editing my version of the story of Phaethon. The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations, Metamorphoses. Phaethon is the son of the sun-god Helios, who drives his …