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

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

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 ...

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...

Featuring our narrator Kenny Curtis (a 30-year veteran in kids radio) and the Oracle of Wifi (played by Tori Kerr), who breaks in with facts and tidbits on Ancient Greek history and culture.