Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The ruins of ancient temples, roads, a harbor and a cistern for collecting rainwater lie near Turkey’s western coast. Some ...

These tools were significant in the establishment of Greek history as they indicated a timeline beyond the understanding of ...

War was a prominent event in ancient Greece, whether between city states or against foreign powers. However, laws controlled ...

Previously found inscriptions at Teos provided information about the history of the city and its bouleuterion, but many questions remained, in particular about its timeline and how its function ...

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In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also represents Greece's struggle to resist being absorbed into the Persian Empire. The Greeks had a ...

Greece's culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s Ella Jeffries Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky ...