Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.

We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...

Six catchy songs to learn exploring the civilisation and stories of Ancient Greece. See the Teacher Notes for curriculum-based activities based on the songs. Exploring Ancient Greek gods and ...

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many ...

Ancient Greeks held festivals, sacrifices, games, and religious processions at the site; today it’s a magnet for tourists. PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT J. MUSI-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF THE ACROPOLIS ...

The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy ...

Ancient Greeks seem to have invented everything we use today: theater, Olympic games, philosophy, and yo-yos. We at Bright ...

the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...

The 5th-century B.C. krater had been given as a gift to the Italian prime minister by the Greek prime minister Alexandros ...

Kaos has become a hit with its use of Greek mythology, but what does the show look like from the eyes of a historian of ...

People living in the ancient world also had mental health problems. So, how did they deal with them? As we'll see, some of their insights about mental health are still relevant today, even though ...

Ancient Greece and Rome were among the most influential societies of Antiquity. So much so, that we've inherited a number of ...