Long before the ancient temples of Delphi made their way into her journals, Agatha Christie had already begun to fall for ...

It was a long stretch of time that spanned from the building of the Oracle of Delphi ... Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language.

Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in the ancient town of Delphi. Most people lived in villages or in the countryside. Many Greeks were poor and life was hard ...