About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

From protein-filled meals to the benefits of lentils and intermittent fasting, the Classical world had strong opinions about ...

It distinguishes ancient ethnic prejudices from modern racism, analyzes the views of thinkers like Aristotle and Herodotus, and reveals how laws, stereotypes, and cultural exchanges shaped Greek ...

Who were the ancient Greeks? Historians have been quite embarrassed about this. As a result they have been a little vague about pedastry in particular, an aspect of the Greeks you haven’t heard about ...

Poison and arrows were deeply intertwined in the ancient Greek language itself. The word for poison in ancient Greek, toxicon, derived from toxon, arrow. Poison arrows were by far the most popular ...

ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints and embellishments would have created the illusion that statues were alive—and ...