The ancient Greeks used a variety of weapons on the battlefield, each suited to a different purpose. Some were adopted as primary weapons, whereas others were carried into engagements as a backup.
Ancient Greek weapons used in the melee (close-combat...
Popanon was a simple recipe that held a significant place in the kitchens of the ancient Greeks.
Walk into a Greek kitchen today, especially during a holiday, and you’ll see tables crowded with syrup-soaked baklava, honeyed melomakarona, and golden loukoumades,...
One ancient Greek scientist proposed the existence of polar day and polar night before people even knew the Earth was a sphere.
Bion of Abdera is a relatively unknown historical figure of the ancient Greek world, who, nonetheless, became an...
Few symbols in human history have captured the imagination quite like the Gorgoneion—Medusa’s petrifying face, with her hair made of writhing snakes. Particularly in ancient Greece, it was regarded as a symbol of pure terror and fear, an apotropaic...
A recent linguistic study challenges long-held assumptions about whether early Greek absorbed features from the languages of ancient Anatolia. The research, led by Michele Bianconi of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, offers a fresh and cautious reassessment of...
Have you ever wondered why ancient Greeks used a writing system that evolved without any spaces between words, without punctuation and utilized only capital letters?
If not, all you have to do is see an Ancient Greek inscription, and you’ll...
As Greece experienced some of the most widespread demonstrations in its modern history on Friday over the deadly Tempi train crash, people have wondered whether there were demonstrations in Ancient Greece as well.
Ancient Greece often conjures up images of...
The Greek language hosts an incredibly diverse and rich linguistic history, with its roots stretching back thousands of years.
As one of the world's oldest languages still spoken, Greek has evolved over the centuries quite significantly. However, Modern Greek grammar...
The Derveni papyrus, an ancient Greek papyrus roll from the era of Philip II of Macedon's reign—probably from the years between 340 and 320 B.C.—is considered Europe's oldest legible manuscript still in existence today.
Its name derives from the site...
The skull of an Ancient Greek girl with a ceramic flower wreath has been discovered. These remains have been dated circa 400 to 300 BC. This skull currently resides in The New Archaeological Museum of Patras in Greece.
This fossilized...
