Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty ...

The life of ancient Greek sage, philosopher and prophet Epimenides of Crete straddles history and myth, but some of his works ...

Lately I’ve been noticing how many English words are portmanteaus – that is, words created by joining parts of two other words. You know, like “brunch,” which is a smooshing together of breakfast and ...

Today, many people associate epicureanism with hedonistic pleasure-seeking – but that’s not really what he taught.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...