The Ancient Greek philosopher Theodorus the Atheist challenged morality, redefining right and wrong through reason and ...

There are many mysteries concerning the ancient Greek world, including the identity of some of its most illustrious members ...

Despite their differences, the upcoming The Odyssey and the Dune saga overlap in surprising ways across story, myth, and ...

In the ancient Greek worldview, the gods were not merely rulers; they were the ultimate arbiters of a cosmic order that ...

After church, we head to someone’s house, family and friends, to break the fast. We eat avgolemono soup – egg and lemon soup ...

Mankind has always been drawn to look at the moon. The Moon’s creation was explained in the book of Genesis, and the moon ...

Program in the Ancient World Fellow Lecture ...

Since antiquity, scholars have made many attempts to chart Odysseus’ harrowing decade-long journey home as described by Homer ...

Waiting for the weekend can often seem unbearable, a whole six days between Saturdays. Having seven days in a week has been ...

Three decades after Harvardians first conducted a ritual sacrifice to avoid being Quadded, what do the River Gods want now?

In 1592, Queen Elizabeth I restricted the sale of spiced bread and buns, perhaps because of religious tensions. England had ...

The diverse population of the Ottoman Empire was governed through a structure known as the millet system. Rather than ...