Rhapsodes were the master storytellers of Ancient Greece who memorized and performed thousands of lines of Homer's works.

They reassess particular Greek plays, from Oresteia to Antigone and Oedipus to Ion; they re-examine Greek tragedy in its cultural and political context; and the relate the tragedy of the Greeks to the ...

A new film about Modigliani, directed by Johnny Depp,  Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, is released this week.

Shakespeare showed us the fatal convergence of pride, misperception and political paralysis. In “ Coriolanus ,” the warrior ...

Greece’s parliament has approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya despite strong ...

The playwright borrows elements of Greek tragedy for his story about a lesser-known king who provides defensive aid in the final stages of the siege of Troy.

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth claimed an extremist group attacked the church on Sunday.

Today we thought we would travel outside of the Middle Ages and into the early modern period. But why? We hear you shout when you have 1,000 years of medieval history to go at. Well, the answer is ...