The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one's body fit were vital ...

International Greek Language Day is celebrated annually every February 9, the day which also honors the memory of poet ...

The Greeks were always putting on big parties for their gods. Athens was the place to go in ancient Greece for culture. Every four years, Athens held the Panathenaic Games. Thousands of people ...

Written around 375 B.C., it reveals the central importance of the feast to classical Greek culture. Like Xenophon’s earlier work, Plato’s is also set at the dinner party of a famous Athenian poet.

The world of archaeology and art is often filled with thrilling discoveries, but few match the sheer surprise and sere ...

We study the ancient Mediterranean world using an interdisciplinary approach: we offer courses in material culture, ancient history, and Greek and Latin. Use the links in this paragraph or at the left ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire Sonja Anderson After discovering the ancient ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts ... The Ministry of Culture has completed a preliminary examination of the statue and concluded that it falls under Greek laws protecting antiquities, the ...