One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

An Oxford-based institute has unveiled an ambitious proposal to carve massive replicas of the Parthenon Marbles into Mount ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

B Manjunath Kamath conjures up new creatures and narratives, using unexpected fragments of men, gods, birds and bovines ...

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Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her ...