The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...

The Lady of Kalymnos is an exquisite Greek sculpture dating back to the Hellenistic period, around the 3rd century BC.

Booking tours in Athens is a great way to explore at your own pace with skip-the-line access and an expert guide. Whether you ...

Later, Greek poets also identify her with Selene, the personification of the moon, likely because her brother Apollo was by then conflated with the sun god Helios. As one of the three virgin goddesses ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in ... including remains of what was believed to be a 2,500-year-old temple to the love goddess Aphrodite near an Olympic equestrian venue.

Homer and Odysseus live in a world where there is no one morality common to all people. Odysseus is never condemned for being ...

But Trump’s coin is nothing new. In a pre-social media world, coins were the ultimate propaganda tool. Rulers used them to advertise themselves and their achievements and any messaging they wanted to ...

And while many of Greece’s most iconic destinations are on the mainland and peninsula, like Athens, millions of ... Santorini feels plucked from Greek mythology with its cliffside setting ...

Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins ... The reverse has the goddess Athena personified as Nikephoros (bringer of victory) holding Victory in her hand ...

Olympic Holidays reveals the Greek Islands which always sell out first so you can get ahead of the game and be sure to get your top ...