According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

In ancient Greece competing naked in the Olympic Games symbolised celebration of human physical perfection and divine beauty.

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...

Zeus, father of the gods ... they left Greece carrying with them ancient Greek works on science and civilization. They took those treasures to Padua, Florence, Rome and Venice where they ...

In 776 B.C.E., spectators gathered in Olympia, Greece, to watch a simple footrace. Thus began the ancient Olympics, the ...

Once the bustling hub of ancient Athenian life, the Agora lies at the foot of the Acropolis. It served as a marketplace and ...

Part 1 Hermes begins with an introduction to himself and some of the other gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo - and their home on Mount Olympus. Hermes - who has winged ...

Prophetic, Poetic ApolloA son of Zeus, Apollo was the god of music ... Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought ...

A retelling of the Ancient Greek creation myth - about Gaia, Ouranos, Kronos, Zeus, and the battle between the Titans and the Olympians. Before the world began there was only chaos. Out of this ...

The Phrygian cap may be over 3,000 years old, and has ties to figures throughout history, from mythical King Midas to Paul ...

A remarkable archaeological find has come to light on Mount Carmel in Israel, thanks to the keen eye of 13-year-old Yair ...

The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these ...