Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, which may have started in Ephesus.
We all know the Odeon of Herodes Atticus under the Acropolis of Athens, but how many of us are aware of the dark secret of ...
People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. And her answers, usually cryptic, could determine the course ...
A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front ... Like in most pre-industrial societies, life in ancient Greece was deeply physical and a well exercised body was seen as the mark of a gentleman.