The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

and deep understanding—qualities revered in Greek philosophy and mythology. The connection between wisdom and Greek culture dates back to Athena (Αθηνά), the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and ...