The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Bringing Ancient Greece to life with immersive storytelling, dance and poetry, “Sing to Me, Muse” is the latest offering from ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

What was ancient Greek culture like? Learn about Greek theatre, art, sculpture, pottery and festivals in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 primary history guide.

If you visit Taormina, Sicily—and with a direct Delta flight from JFK starting on May 23, the trip just became so much easier—you will inevitably find yourself touring the Ancient Greek ...

In ancient Greece, satyrs were considered wild creatures. They were often associated with Dionysus , the Greek god of “fertility, wine, vegetation, pleasure, ecstasy and ritual madness,” as ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

In ancient Greece, an agora was a central public space that served various purposes. ... 13, performs Greek dances with middle school dancers at the St. Sophia Greek Festival on May 15, 2011.

A University of Cincinnati expert in ancient Greek wants to produce the most authentic performance of the play “Antigone” that audiences have heard in nearly 2,500 years.

Sports also served military purposes in a ancient Greece, ... The military training in Sparta also included dances and there were choreographic competitions at the ancient Olympic Games.