Epilepsy, often referred to as the “Sacred Disease” by ancient Greek physicians in antiquity, was a condition of great medical and...

A cheerful and rather unconventional troupe dressed in traditional Dionysiac costumes and masks brightened a chilly February night in downtown Athens,...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned an ancient bronze griffin’s head to Greece after determining that the 7th-century BC artifact was stolen...

Anacharsis, a philosopher from Scythia who embraced Greek culture, stands as a remarkable figure in the annals of ancient history. Despite his foreign...

Pyrrhichios was the ancient Greek war dance that originated from the mythical Couretes deities, who danced to save the newborn Zeus from the hands of...

Did the ancient Greeks look up at the night sky and ask “are we alone?” As it turns out, ancient Greek philosophers also asked this...

Melampus, a legendary figure in ancient Greek mythology, is renowned as one of the earliest and most powerful iatromantis—a seer and healer...

The Greek Geometric Period is a lesser known era in history. However, it ushered ancient Greece from the Dark Age to the Classical Period. It was a...

  An ancient Greek lekythos (oil flask) is repatriated to Greece from the United States after the museum where it was displayed decided to...

The Lelantine War (Greek: Ληλάντιος πόλεμος) was supposedly fought between two cities in ancient Greece, Chalcis and Eretria on the...