Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Roots of Winter Solstice Rituals

Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...
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Ancient greek heritage in (early modern) Europe

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...
Greek Reporter

Sappho, the Ancient Greek Poet

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy

Performed in the annual Dionysia festivals, tragic drama was a central tradition of Ancient Greece, a method of both ...
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Visiting the Agora of Ancient Athens, Greece

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Smithsonian Magazine

Why So Many Mythological Monsters Are Female

A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity resonate in contemporary Western society Nora McGreevy - Correspondent Explore the true history and myths behind ...

Thrilling new versions of Greek myths pulse with queer desire and feminist fury

In two thrilling new fictional riffs on Greek myth, Natalie Haynes and Zoe Terakes interrogate ancient stories of heroism and ...
The New Yorker

The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture

Mark Abbe was ambushed by color in 2000, while working on an archeological dig in the ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias, in present-day Turkey. At the time, he was a graduate student at New York ...
America Magazine

A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...