Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

Homer's language, used in his epic poems, which laid the foundations of Western literature, was never spoken but echoes in ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period.

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the Trojan Horse, outwitted the Cyclops, and resisted the deadly call of the ...

Excavations conducted by the University of Ioannina at the archaeological site of Agios Athanasios, known as "Homer's School," in northern ... More than 100 coins from ancient cities, minted in ...

Exploring the nuances of ancient Greek wine at the San Antonio Museum of Art Greek vessels including the amphora, kylix and krater were functional but also could be elaborate works of art.

The Kritios Boy, a statue displayed at the Acropolis Museum is one of the most important works of ancient Greek art.

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.