New research into a little-known text written in ancient Greek shows that ‘stressed poetry’, the ancestor of all modern poetry and song, was already in use in the 2 nd Century CE, 300 years earlier ...

As a classicist, I am often asked for Greek and Roman reflections on love for holidays and weddings. I usually admit at the outset that ancient ideas about love rarely match modern expectations. Take, ...

"I'm falling in love with her," Patricia Barber sings in the opening line of "Narcissus," from her splendid new Mythologies — a song-cycle based on the Greek myths from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Given the ...

On October 1, the Greek media exploded with reports about the discovery of a funeral shrine that Alexander the Great may have dedicated to Hephaestion, identified in most reports as his “best friend.” ...

Until last year, few Greeks had heard of Marina Satti. The architecture student-turned-classically-trained singer had performed in musicals and ancient Greek plays, but her music career was largely ...