According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

If women act out, they are emotional. If they speak up? Rebels. If they own their power, sexuality and are childless? Witches. It doesn’t take much to label women and dim their fire. For centuries, ...

Empedocles was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, as well as poet and politician, who left an indelible mark on Western ...