Women of ancient Athens used clothing pins as weapons, prompting a shift in Ancient Greek fashion and societal control.

New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

An ancient Greek relief depicting a baby with its mother and grandmother. David Lees/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images As a father of three and the husband of an amazing woman, I know that one day a year is ...

A Greek inscription carved into a Roman-era theater seat in Turkey's Apollonia reveals the name of a female priestess.

Painted over the enormous midsection of the Dipylon amphora—a nearly 2,800-year-old clay vase from Greece—silhouetted figures surround a corpse in a funeral scene. Intricate geometric patterns zig and ...

A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity resonate in contemporary Western society Nora McGreevy - Correspondent Explore the true history and myths behind ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women, wine, and ...

Roughly 3,500 years ago, a woman was buried in a royal cemetery in present-day Greece. Now, we can imagine what she might have looked like during the late Bronze Age. Digital artist Juanjo Ortega G.

Two foreigners, a man and his wife, traveled out of ancient Corinth one day last month along the twisting roads that lead toward the rugged interior of the Peloponnesian peninsula. In a tranquil ...

As a father of three and the husband of an amazing woman, I know that one day a year is far too little to recognize everything mothers do. But my work as a scholar of ancient Greek literature has ...