When Andrea Marcolongo’s book “La Lingua Geniale,” subtitled “9 ragioni per amare il greco” (“Nine Reasons to Love Greek”), came out in 2016, I bought it, in Italian, and took it with me to Greece. I ...

Many important ancient Greek women—poets, philosophers, and leaders— defied norms and shaped history for generations.

LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California classics professor Brandon Bourgeois has translated Homer’s Greek classic, "The Iliad," for students in the 21st century. Bourgeois rapped the epic poem ...

A Greek mythology obsession is basically a middle school rite of passage (right up there with the classic Ancient Egypt hyper-fixation). There’s something larger-than-life about Greek myths that makes ...

War was a prominent event in ancient Greece, whether between city states or against foreign powers. However, laws controlled the violence.

Interpret the history of the ancient world. Examine the life of Julius Caesar and learn the language and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. In her role as architectural historian, Kirsten Straus ...

A gold Achaemenid plaque featuring a winged lion-griffin, dated to between 500 and 330 B.C.E. Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Who were the power players in the ...