We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

This is the story of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, an attraction of Athens that was once among the largest temples of the ...

Seek your lover in the daytime, says Ovid. Be careful of the night. You won't choose the right person if you're drunk. And ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Theatre productions about nursing home escapees, a Greek mythology-obsessed drag club, and five friends bonding over a girls' ...

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking contest. The rare artefact, dated to the second or third century AD, was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking contest. The rare artefact, dated to the second or third century AD, was ...

And conversely, there was an interpretatio germanica by which the barbarians, after coming into contact with the Romans, adapted the names of Roman gods to their own, just like with the days of the ...

While earlier episodes covered pre-Greek Roman religion and the adoption of Greek gods, this installment dives into how Roman rulers were deified—and how their approach to God-Emperors differed ...