Ancient Greek dining was sacred with simple, high-quality ingredients like tuna and honey cakes connecting humans with the gods.

The Odyssey is one of the greatest stories ever told in Ancient Greek mythology. Written by the legendary poet Homer, the epic follows the long and perilous journey of the hero Odysseus as he ...

By opening a jar entrusted to her by the gods, Pandora becomes the instrument of their vengeance against rebellious humans and unleashes a torrent of plagues upon her fellow mortals. This misogynistic ...

The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial arts (MMA).

Athens-based editor Katie Silcox has narrowed down this list of 15 places everyone should visit in Greece in their lifetime, ...

Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto ...

“’The Steal’ is the answer. This is how you want to live. When the moment comes along, you want to make that one move, that one gesture that will make everything else fall in place.” — Christian ...

A newly analyzed Greek inscription indicates that the Great Mosque of Homs likely stands on the site of the Roman Temple of the Sun, revealing a layered history of pagan, Christian, and Islamic ...

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

Technology has long been used to facilitate divine contact, to combine tradition and innovation, and to help spread religious ...