Caduceus — that's the name of Hermes' rod, a staff with two intertwined snakes and wings, which the god, known as Mercury in ...
Archaeologists Discover a Funerary Monument of an Ancient Greek Hero With Priceless Burial Offerings of Gold Archaeologists, ...
Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...
We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...
Play the game to make a sacred offering to the gods and goddesses. There are lots more mini-games and puzzles about life in Ancient Greece. Escape from the Minotaur's maze and defeat the ...
The jagged summit of Mytikas—here illuminated during a storm—is where ancient Greeks believed the greatest gods lived, including the primordial weather god Zeus, “the high-thunderer.” ...
How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...
with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled ...