As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

According to Jewish tradition, the current Hebrew month of Adar is meant to be joyful. Ancient rabbinic commentators demand: ...

Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...

In Greece, a similar belief was mentioned by Odyssey author Homer and poet Hesiod, who described Earth as a flat round disc ...

While Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of the deities Zeus and Dione, Hesiod tells of her marine birth from the severed genitals of the primordial god Ouranos. The oil jar at right elegantly ...

Greek and Roman religion venerated one plurality of gods, heroesbut also personifications of abstract concepts. The ancient ...