ATHENS, Greece – A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday – the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion ...

Ancient Greek dining was sacred with simple, high-quality ingredients like tuna and honey cakes connecting humans with the gods.

In Ancient Greece, riddles were crucial cultural elements, present in myth, religious practices, and philosophical thought.

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

This course is an introduction to the archaeological study of religion, with a focus on the ancient Greek world. We’ll begin with a general introduction to Greek religion and its major archaeological ...

Practitioners of the ancient Greek religion gathered among the ruined temples at the Acropolis Sunday, praying to Athena to stop the removal of sculptures and pieces of the temples to museums.

MOUNT OLYMPUS, Greece (AP) - Silver-haired and soft-spoken, George Klonis worked as a bus driver into his 60s but found his life's purpose at the foot of Mount Olympus. With his arms outstretched and ...

For me, this was a life-changing book. It starts with an encounter in the British Museum in front of the sculptures from the Parthenon. E.R. Dodds bumps into a young man who is unimpressed—he can't ...