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 ...

This summer’s Shakespeare in the Park festival will include "Scenes from The Odyssey," a contemporary play based on the epic saga by ancient Greek poet Homer.(Jordan Fraker) This summer’s Shakespeare ...

From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream.

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

Group discussions on Greek poet Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are being used as an alternative to traditional post-traumatic stress therapy at the University of Vermont in the US. The trials of ...

Commentator Andrei Codrescu listens to a reading of the works of Homer in translation and he's caught up in the adventures and the language. Codrescu muses on the effect Homer's narrative had back in ...