After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major ...

Feta is the soft white “king” of Greek cheeses, renowned around the world. Its origins can be traced back to ancient times.

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s claim that Ottomans arrived in Cyprus before Greeks, made amid Turkish President Erdogan ...

It's a tragedy older than the galaxy itself. Strip away the lightsabers and starships, and what you find is Sophocles. A ...

Our preview of Blood of Zeus, back this week for a final season - and the gods, demons, and family drama are more explosive than ever.

Athens is a paradise for history lovers. From ancient temples to Byzantine art, the city offers a journey through millennia ...

Led by presenter James Naughtie, a BBC Bookclub audience in Glasgow speaks to the author Natalie Haynes about her 2019 novel - A Thousand Ships - which retells the ancient Greek myths from a woman's ...

Pierre Zalloua, a Lebanese-born population geneticist with a flair for (gently) stirring the pot, takes the reader on an ...

Piazza San Gaetano, the heart of the ancient agora. The Dioscuri, like ghosts, watch from afar what remains of their ...

Why do we keep returning to Greek tragedy? These ancient texts and the way we study them in classrooms can often feel rigid, ...

Is there morality in politics? Or, should there be morality in politics? Governors of Akwa-Ibom and Delta States, Umo Eno, ...