In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

Oligarchic Sparta was famous for its social stratification, strict military discipline, and battlefield prowess. The two ancient Greek cities were thought, not least by one another, to stand for ...

It might be surprising to learn that residents of ancient Athens were happy to pay tax in exchange for public benefits, ...

Spartan men were known for their long, flowing hair, which became linked to the ancient Greek warriors in antiquity.

For African nations, the success of their Olympians offers an opportunity not just to inspire a continent but to drive ...

Written at a time when there were different norms around sexual morality, Plato’s Symposium is one of the principal sources ...

Lost in a maze could be a scene straight out of my recurring nightmare. But not so when located amidst lush olive groves in the Messinia region on Greece’s southwest Peloponnese coast. My wife and I ...

Another fundamental point which Karl Popper makes in his book The Open Society and its Enemies is how the wars between ancient Athens and Sparta, the collapse of Sparta and the political turmoil of ...

Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” ...

There were muses specifically for comedy, tragedy and even erotica. The oldest was Calliope, mother of the legendary musician ...

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a ...

Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along the legs and knees.