Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and also served as a messenger of the gods. Iris was a prominent figure in many ancient myths.

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

The largest and most lavish tomb ever built in ancient Macedonia may have been designed to fill with sunlight on the winter ...

Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. The find occurred in a ...

During excavation of a well at a house in western Syria, a lucky discovery turned up an ancient mosaic — depicting the Greek ...

Photographs by Demetrios Ioannou A plaster cast of Greek goddess Hygeia is unmolded at the Agios Ioannis Rentis workshop. The original is exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - On Sunday, 33rd annual Greek Festival hosted by the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church wrapped up after a successful weekend. The festival featured traditional foods, ...

Friedrich Nietzsche once quipped that ‘God learnt Greek when he wanted to become an author’. On the April 14, 2025 Unesco agreed with him, formally recognising Greek as “the longest ...

The 53rd annual Saint Sophia Greek Festival returned this weekend in Albany. The three-day celebration is the largest Greek festival in the Capital Region. It features homemade Greek food ...

Under soft blue and magenta lights—echoing the washed-out hues of their 2015 “Peripheral Vision” album cover—Turnover took the stage at the Greek Theatre on Friday, May 16, and were ...

Greek mythology keeps showing up in pop culture across books, movies and video games. In the last few years, animated shows have also started using these stories in fresh and creative ways. Some shows ...