Pliny

Mithridates was an ambitious Greco-Persian king who left his mark in history for his fierce war against the Romans and for developing immunity to poison

The truffle in ancient Greece was called "Hydnon." Philosophers, historians, and travelers have praised the rare mushroom with the high nutritional value, aphrodisiac properties, and delicate taste. Plutarch, Pliny, Cicero, Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Galen, and Athenaeus often mentioned the hydnon (plural...

In antiquity, the pursuit of the divine arts was a purely male aesthetic practice. Yet, there were also a few important Ancient Greek female artists. It was only much later that historians began to consider their work as not...