The role of priestess at the Oracle of Delphi was vastly influential. The Priestess Pythia was consulted on everything from ...

The concept of the Enhanced Games is grotesque. Where, apparently, the rules are there are no rules. Thunderdome-style.

Humans have always loved sports—tests of skill, strength, endurance, and mettle—even before history was recorded. Sports ...

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In ancient Greece, Olympic victors were crowned with olive branches, while Homer referred to the antioxidant-rich juice as “liquid gold” in his epic poems. Today, Greece remains one of the ...

Each year, this ceremony -- called "Anastenaria" ("sighs" in Greek) -- attracts crowds of visitors. Considered a pagan ritual to honour the ancient Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis, the ancient ...

is widely viewed as the start of the professional era at the Olympics. Most countries now establish prize pools — such as Team USA’s “Project Gold” — for their top athletes at the ...

Juan de Lara By combining archaeology and technology, a researcher has shed light on a longstanding architectural mystery: how the ancient Greeks experienced the inside of the Parthenon ...