From the beginning the Greeks’ poetry was intended to be sung or recited. The subject was myth—part legend, part folktale, part religious...

Marble hoplite statue, thought to be Leonidas, 5th c. BCE, Archæological Museum of Sparta. Leonidas – meaning Lion Like - is a name that...

Aethers at Haloa festival dancing around a giant phallus (Oedipus Painter, 480 BC Today is the winter solstice which marks the shortest...