The difference in ancient paradises reveals a shared human desire for a perfect afterlife, though the details vary ...

Homer tells us that ancient Greek hero Odysseus spent seven years on the island of Ogygia, a place that could be Ireland ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...

But the ancient world has been a visual shorthand for the idea of empire since Europe's neoclassical movement in the 18th ...

In ancient Greek mythology, you could also find powerful women shown as monsters who are generally defeated by male heroes. One of these was the deadly sirens. Half bird, half beautiful woman, they ...

the ancient Greeks glorified their own freedom. From craggy mountain ranges to its vast surrounding ocean, the environment inspired the Greeks to imagine heroes, monsters and epic quests into the ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

Haut-relief sculptures on the sarcophagus show a wine-drinking contest between Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, and the legendary Roman hero, Hercules.

The team now believe the Agios Athanasios is the previously-referenced site of the Odysseion—the center of a cult of hero ...

This show is lit up by sinuous harmonies and heart-melting ballads, but the warmth evaporates when the music stops ...