In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Harpies are bird-like messengers of Zeus, sent by the Olympian ruler to punish humans for their crimes. They embody sudden ...

From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream.

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

The Antikythera Mechanism, built over 2,000 years ago with 30 bronze gears, shows ancient Greeks created the world’s first ...

The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

Mount Olympus was the tallest and most mysterious mountain in Greece but ancient Greeks did not imagine it as simply a ...

Who needs Archimedes? Early craftsmen succeeded without math, science. Oct. 17, 2007 — -- Mark Schiefsky has spent years studying ancient Greek manuscripts, trying to figure out how some of the ...

An Ancient Greek public building and extensive collection of marble treasures have been found partially submerged at the site of a now-sunken ancient city—once home to Trojan War warrior Ajax, ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...