Greek Reporter

The Greek Alphabet and Its Surprising Connection to Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Ancient Greek records contain stories about Greek alphabet origins. Could the Greek alphabet actually have an Egyptian ...
Greek Reporter

Pygmies: The Ancient Greek ‘Dwarves’ and Their War With the Cranes

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

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 ...
Sarah Blevins | Our Little Lifestyle on MSN

Visiting the Agora of Ancient Athens, Greece

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

Which Greek Goddess Matches You, According to Birth Month

Iris is the Greek goddess of rainbows, symbolic of carrying messages between the divine world to humankind. October-borns ...