One thing is clear: if we take ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we read, celebrate, and admire today wouldn't ...

Likewise, among the many Greek food writers, Archestratus, a 4th-century BC poet ... longer Roman tradition of relative temperance forced upon them by the harsh realities of the ancient world.

The ancient Roman poet Juvenal called it panem et circenses, or “bread and circuses” – a strategy of appeasing the public with necessities and entertainment to distract them from the real ...

In the accounting poem, “old farts” is perfect for the Latin ... Among other things, she gets at the Roman poet’s penchant for polarities via a prefatory explanation of the Japanese erotic ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed ... Brøns also refers to a text by the Greek poet and scholar Kallimachos (305 to around 240 BCE) which describes the statue ...

Titled "Pompeian Pigments: A Glimpse into Ancient Roman Coloring Materials" the study ... The research focused on the red room of the House of the Tragic Poet, further enriching the understanding ...

In ancient Rome, some men who did not fit neatly ... Later Roman authors provide more detail. Martial, a Roman poet writing in the first century A.D., for instance, describes a cinaedus ...

See how much you really know about ancient Rome – and fill in the gaps ... founds the city after fleeing the destruction of Troy – a narrative pushed by Roman poet Virgil in his magnum opus, The ...

But Hollywood storytellers aren’t the only ones. Ancient Roman historians and poets alike wrote about the thousands of people and animals involved in various arena events. But the most shocking ...