A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia ...

The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...

In Ancient Greece, Noumenia, the day of the new moon, was considered to be "the holiest of days," according to Plutarch.

From ground-breaking sound installations to sustainable architecture – art aficionados have plenty to look forward to in ...

Archaeology often unveils artifacts that shed light on the mysteries of human history. Yet, some discoveries only deepen the ...

I was a student at Pioneer Middle School. One of my favorite instructors was Mr. Robert Winters. As my English teacher, Mr.

When it comes to Greek mythology, myth and legend, fairy tales and fantasy, can be just as informative as historical facts.

There’s good news for York County lovers of Greek cuisine. Now you don’t have to wait for the local Greek food festival to get your gyro or baklava. At Yianni’s Gyro, in West Manchester ...

His name means “Fair Haired” in Old Irish. Finvarra is also the King of the Daoine Sidhe, a race of deities in Irish mythology, and is sometimes described as the King of the Dead. His home is ...

While Roman merchants and nobility were already fluent in Greek, westerners were required to learn it. It was common for Roman aristocrats to learn Greek so they could study the classic works of the ...

1870. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) What may surprise you, though, is how well our most ancient ancestors ate. One reason they led quite a healthy ...

From his dozens of lovers came many children, possibly nearing 100, giving new meaning to his status in ancient Greek religion as ... and his famous Twelve Labours, Heracles was welcomed at Mount ...