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 ...

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature, including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is ...

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 ...

Egyptian gods and mythology can be bizarre, and one of the most classic examples is the strange Egyptian cult secrets ...

And then it disappeared beneath the sands when the river shifted its course. The ancient Greek city-state of Helike ruled as an important economic, cultural, and religious center. Listed among ...

Its recorded history begins with Greek mythology, when the goddess Athena was said to have gifted an olive tree to the city, giving Athens both its name and its ancient symbol, according to Greeka.

The eyes of ancient Greek sculptures possess a timeless stare bridging our worlds. Credit: Credit: George E. Koronaios, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (left), Vicenç Valcárcel Pérez, Wikimedia ...

Demosthenes was an ancient Greek general who fought for Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Credit: Greek Reporter, Public domain. Few have heard of the ancient Greek general Demosthenes, whose ...

From the late 1990s and all through the early 21st century, TV saw a meteoric rise in animated shows aimed at adults.

Before the Games begin, there’s a months-long Torch Relay As always, the relay began in Greece, an homage to the home of the ancient Olympics. Greece also has the honor of entering first during ...