mythic

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Does our current Sophoclean moment mean that the mythic drama of Greece still holds its age-old power for theatergoers?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Griffin even made for himself an industry town called Frostproof—a canny, if defiant, advertising play, named years prior, after the town had survived the mythic 1895 freeze without much issue.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Her experiences are almost mythic, like peering through the looking glass at a time when misery could actively coexist with unbridled bliss.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The closer, “Emerald,” combines metal with a mythic, progressive-rock tale about war in medieval Ireland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This image is an illustration from the Persian epic poem The Shahnama, which begins in the mythic past but includes a sequence of real rulers.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson