Hidden jokes on ancient Greek vases may have carried a serious message about the limits of art. A study argues that painters used visual tricks to make viewers question whether images could faithfully represent the world.
The study, by University...
Aristophanes' Lysistrata, first performed in 411 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, remains one of the most controversial and widely discussed works of ancient Greek comedy.
At the heart of the play lies an extraordinary premise: women from Athens and Sparta,...
The story of Margites is a fascinating example of an early ancient Greek comedy that predates much of the conventional literature we all know. Margites was the archetypal fool, a man utterly inept and hilariously oblivious of his ineptitude;...
