A fifth-century anthology of Greek writing, originally collected by a father for his son, offers wisdom and insight into the ...
A new study finds the ancient Greek acropolises shifted from a symbol of civic pride to a metaphor for tyranny and oppression ...
Greek rhetoric privileges individuality, logical demonstration and persuasive mastery, while Chinese rhetoric emphasizes ...
Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed as a ...
New historical research challenges Sparta's founding myth, suggesting the ancient warrior state did not start out through ...
A comprehensive study of Mycenaean gold working opens the doors to the goldsmith’s workshop of 3500 years ago. Researchers analyzed 165 gold objects from tholos (beehive) tombs near the Bay of Volos ...
The finds include the ruins of a Roman basilica and Doric temple, the head of a marble statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Ancient Greece, the civilisation responsible for all that we cherish about our cultural, political and ...