It is widely believed that there were more poets in Sparta during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. than in any other Greek city-state. Full citizens had ample time for entertainments because ...

Prophetic, Poetic ApolloA son of Zeus, Apollo was the god of music, poetry ... rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought meaning in ...

In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.