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Werewolves of the ancient world

Daniel Ogden explores the origins of the werewolf legend in stories from ancient Greece and Rome

origins of the werewolf legend in stories from ancient Greece and Rome. (Image by Getty Images)

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Historian Daniel Ogden, author of new book The Werewolf in the Ancient World, explores the origins of the werewolf legend in stories from classical Greece and Rome.

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