Black broth: the not-so-appetizing meal of the Spartans The Spartans were the dominant military land power in Greece during the fifth century BC. Clad in bronze armor and with a fearsome reputation, ...

Battle Scene on Ancient Krater Vase, National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece. Credit: alexdavidbaldi. CC BY-2.0./flickr Victory from the jaws of defeat Demosthenes feared to return to Athens ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

This sword belongs to Ancient Greek or spartan Armoury. These types of swords were built to hold them in one hand and the classic blade was generally about 50–60 cm long, although the Spartans ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...

Why study Ancient Greek Language at Gustavus? As an Ancient Greek Language major you will be immersed in the vibrant, ancient past by studying and mastering ancient Greek and/or Latin, and reading ...

Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from sacred trees.

Retropolis The elite ancient Greek fighting force made up entirely of gay couples As Pride Month kicks off, the story of how the Sacred Band of Thebes defeated Sparta and changed history.

Spartan Instruments in Lowell, Mass., makes, repairs, and re-creates ancient Greek instruments Chris Pantazelos' specialty ranges from a contemporary guitar to its ancient Greek version ...

Though ancient Greek is an obvious and fruitful area in which for Ithaca to start, the team is already hard at work on other languages as well. Akkadian, Demotic, Hebrew and Mayan are all on the ...