Ancient Greece

  It is no wonder that Alexander the Great (356 BCE–323 BCE) was often mistaken for a god; he modeled his life on nothing less.

  Of all the unhappy couples in Greek literature perhaps the unhappiest is that of the Olympian first couple themselves. As the goddess of marriage,

Located south of Naples on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, some twenty miles south of the Amalfi Coast stands the ancient Greek city of

With a name that defines incredulity itself, it is no wonder that Cassandra—the cursed Trojan prophetess—has a hard time being taken seriously. Scorned throughout the ages, Cassandra was infamously disregarded and frequently reviled by her countrymen. Even her own mother ridiculed her.

Often recognized as the “Age of Heroes,” the Mycenaean civilization (1600 BCE-1100 BCE) was eternalized in the Homeric epics with indelible characters such as the

Celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the world, the allure of Helen of Troy née Sparta was the yardstick for which all women were

On the face of it, Spartans might have felt right at home living under the iron fist of the Third Reich given that this city-state—more

  Giving Thanks, the Ancient Greek Way Did the ancient Greeks have an autumnal festival that corresponded to the traditional Thanksgiving holiday? There was, in