“Everything in excess is opposed to nature” is a quote attributed to Hippocrates, known as the Greek ‘father’ of medicine and for whom the...

Hippocrates is the father of traditional Ancient Greek medicine. Credit: Raed Mansour / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A new academic study highlights...

Cold water therapy was popular among ancient Greeks, and this is one of the reasons they established elaborate bathhouses for wellness and relaxation....

  The “walking” philosophers, known as the Peripatetics, represent one of the most influential traditions in ancient Greek history....

Admirers of ancient Greek mythology cannot help but be fascinated by the life of Clytemnestra, a most intriguing figure. Clytemnestra was the famously...

The ancient Greek philosophers lived during a period when religious traditions, centered on polytheistic gods, were considered absolute and beyond...

The life-size silver bull of Delphi, discovered in 1939, continues to mesmerize with the artistry of the ancient Greeks. The stunning piece was...

Greek language and culture spread in Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great

Aristoxenus of Tarentum is a relatively unknown Greek peripatetic philosopher who made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of music theory and...

A long-vanished lake once shaped the landscape of ancient Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία), the birthplace of the Olympic Games and one of Greece’s...