The ancient Greeks had a series of rituals related to war and combat. Among them are war dances, of which the oldest and best known, thanks to sources and art, is the Pyrrhichios (πυρρίχιος, Pyrrhic ...

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

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

NASA continues to name its most important space missions after ancient Greek gods, but what is the connection between space ...

This reaction summarizes the way Bakst, a set and costume designer for the Ballets Russes, viewed ancient art of “The Orient,” which, to him, spanned from the far east to Ancient Greece. Hymn ...

View full sizeKyriakos MoisidisJoin Greek dance master Kyriakos Moisidis as he hosts a workshop on the stylings and form of traditional Greek mainland dances, island dances and Pontic dances from ...

Roman mosaic with aulos player. Wikimedia Commons. Indeed, ancient Greek music has long posed a maddening enigma. Yet music was ubiquitous in classical Greece, with most of the poetry from around ...