For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

Many people have heard the name of Orestes, a prominent figure of ancient Greek mythology, but how many of us know his ...

The protagonist for Irish writer James Joyce’s modernist novel ‘Ulysses’ (1922), was allegedly inspired by a Jewish painter ...

Given that Odysseus was fighting in Bronze Age Greece, he’d have fought in Mycenaean-era armour ... has been associated with the Trojan War in art, so it’s not wildly out of pocket.

As far back as the 8th century B.C.E., the city of Corinth served as the beating heart of the Mediterranean’s commerce. Lechaion, its sea port, was at the very core of its success. A new study ...

On Tuesday, Universal Pictures released first-look images of Matt Damon in full costume as Odysseus. Damon will lead the new historical epic as the Greek hero alongside an all-star cast comprised of ...

In the heart of the island of Sicily, surrounded by the natural majesty of the Anapo Valley, lies one of the most significant ...

Hercules was sent to Crete by King Eurystheus to capture the bull as his seventh labor, and Hercules wrestled the bull to the ground and returned it to the king in Mycenae ... Cretan Bull are somewhat ...

Among the returned items is a Mycenaean votive figurine dating back to 1300-1200 BC ... with an estimated worth of $500,000. Holly Marie Miller, an art historian from the University of Maryland, ...