Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty.

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Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ancient Greeks and Romans recognized that the climate changes over time ...

Batrachomyomachia, the Battle of Frogs and Mice, is a parody of Homer’s Iliad, whose date of composition remains a subject of scholarly debate. Illustration by Fedor Flinzer (1878) Public Domain ...

Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind as part of our summer vacations. Research has shown that spending time at the beach can provide immense relaxation for many people.

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

The ancient Greeks defined several concepts in their ways and estates that remain relevant today. On a sunlit slope above the Aegean, the ruins of an old Greek estate whisper stories of power, legacy, ...

Etched onto rocks on a remote peninsula in Western Australia are millions of images drawn tens of thousands of years ago by the country’s original inhabitants, including the earliest known depictions ...