An undated handout picture released by the Greek Culture Ministry shows a clay plaque discovered in Ancient Olympia with an engraved inscription depicting thirteen verses from the Odyssey's 14th ...

I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization. The more I ...

An Ancient Greek public building and extensive collection of marble treasures have been found partially submerged at the site of a now-sunken ancient city—once home to Trojan War warrior Ajax, ...

The Bronze Age Mycenaeans were an ancient civilization from the Greek mainland known for their impressive architecture, rich culture, and mysterious decline. Perhaps most famously, the Mycenaeans were ...

Ancient Greek poet Homer's timeless wisdom, "There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep," underscores ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered what they believe to be the oldest known extract of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey". A team of Greek and German researchers found it on an ...