EXHIBITS – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art
My review of the British Museum’s – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art which explores daily life, gender, sexuality, athleticism, heroism, and the social and political ideologies the Greeks espoused through their views on the human form.
The Theban Epics reveal the bloody side to the Ancient Greeks
An Oxford academic has pieced together fragments of ancient epic poetry, revealing a new side to Ancient Greek culture in scenes of startling brutality, blasphemy, and even cannibalism.
The Stages of Womanhood in Ancient Greece and Their Effect on Healing
I selected the treatises The Nature of Women, Diseases of Young Girls, and Diseases of Women, to examine how physicians would theoretically treat women with a wide variety of diseases. I
Who Is Your Greek God Parent?
For fans of all things high up on Olympus – have you ever wondered who your mythological parent really is? Take this quiz to find out!
When In Greece, Do as the Persians Don’t: Defining the Identity of the Greeks Against the Persian Imperial ‘Other’
By solidifying the opposition between the governments of the burgeoning Greek poleis and the Persian imperial monarchy, the Greeks defined themselves against the Persians as they developed and solidified their political identity.
The Invention of Infertility in the Classical Greek World: Medicine, Divinity, and Gender
The article examines the understandings of, and responses to, reproductive failure in the classical Greek world.
The Dirt on the Dark Ages in Greece
The explanations for the sudden collapse of civilization in the Dark Age have ranged from believing it was the result of the invasion of another society to a catastrophic climatic event.
How Many Greek Gods Do You Know?
Let’s see how many Olympians can you name.
Which Greek Muse are You?
Of tragedy, or comedy? Perhaps poetry or epic story or erotic poetry.
Greek Bronze Age ended 100 years earlier than thought, new evidence suggests
Conventional estimates for the collapse of the Aegean civilization may be incorrect by up to a century, according to new radiocarbon analyses. While historical chronologies traditionally place the end of the Greek Bronze Age at around 1025 BCE, this latest research suggests a date 70 to 100 years earlier.