Odysseus: In Greek mythology, Odysseus is a character in The Iliad and the main protagonist of The Odyssey. Petros: Rock, ...

Earlier this month, the 12th annual four-day-long Gender Studies Film Festival wrapped up with a showing of the 2019 film ...

Explore the etymology of Greek numbers, their origins, meaning, and their influence on mathematics and ancient Greek culture.

A paper by Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, has been included in a volume of essays on ancient myths ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

Erysichthon of Thessaly is a fascinating figure in Greek mythology, who is not very well-known, whose story teaches us a ...

The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ...

Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or even sacred properties date back millennia.

The name Cynthia goes back to ancient Greek mythology. Cynthia Erivo, star of "Wicked" and "Wicked: For Good," is among younger women with that name.

A new study asserts that the Bronze Age goblet may be one of the earliest known depictions of cosmology, featuring gods ...

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...

Literary translation, though seeming innocent, is political. By exploring the worlds of different languages, and hearing them ...