Odysseus did not face the parasite Cyclospora in his 10-year journey home. But the word "parasite" originated as a popular ...

Discover how Melina Mercouri’s 1982 UNESCO speech launched Greece’s international campaign for the return of the Parthenon ...

More than 2,000 years ago, the myth of Narcissus gave us a word we still use today. Here's the story behind "narcissist." ...

Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that's a bilingual text, like the Rosetta ...

In 2025, Dr Bharat Gupt, the 79-year-old classicist, musicologist, theatre theorist, sitar and surbahar exponent, cultural ...

From the lost sequel to the poem's oral roots, here are five things you might not know about the origins and mystique surrounding Homer's epic poem, the 'Odysse ...

The story of the Mediterranean gayborhood that was ancient Greece might feel like ancient history, and technically, sure, it is. But for queer people, the homoerotic lore of that particular period ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...

Engraving of the Agora where people in Ancient Athens spent most of their leisure time. Artist unknown. Credit: Public Domain Leisure time was regarded as equally important as work, and the Ancient ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...