An undated handout picture released by the Greek Culture Ministry shows a clay plaque discovered in Ancient Olympia with an engraved inscription depicting thirteen verses from the Odyssey's 14th ...

I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization. The more I ...

Archaeologists found the clay tablet, which likely dates to the Roman era, near the remains of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. Ministry Of Culture and Sports The oldest known written record of Homer’s ...

The Odyssey is hitting theaters next summer, and it's one of our most-anticipated upcoming movies. Christopher Nolan's follow ...

Ancient Greece isn’t a place to be glimpsed only in books, said Jeannie Ralston in National Geographic Traveler. A four-day road trip west of Athens can make any visitor witness to a Bronze Age–palace ...

“Look, Corinthian columns!” Not exactly the sort of excited whisper one would expect to hear from fifth graders on a trip to the state Capitol building. However, in the fifth grade Waldorf curriculum, ...

Archeologists from the University of Cincinnati have unearthed two Bronze Age tombs dating back to the time of Mycenaeans, 3,500 years ago. "It has been 50 years since any substantial tombs of this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aim To study the composition of fauna in Greece and adjacent areas around 3000 years ago based on the knowledge of Homeric man about the ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered what they believe to be the oldest known extract of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey". A team of Greek and German researchers found it on an ...