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Was There Ever a Trojan War?
Was there ever a Trojan War? That is, the almost legendary battle fought between Greeks and Trojans. This question continues to go unanswered by the academic and archaeological world. If we read from...
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The Rape of a Goddess: How Demeter Beat the All-Powerful Zeus
Who were Demeter and Persephone? And why did their myth resonate so strongly with women of ancient Greece? The story of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and her daughter Persephone, queen of the...
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Investigating the Invisible Color that Ancient People Couldn’t See
The story of “blue being invisible in history” begins in 1858 when William Gladstone who was mystified as to why the color blue was never refered to in ancient Greek writing. Further explorations have...
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Birds in the Ancient World: Messengers of Omens and Auguries
Translators regularly face the problem that the words and expressions of one language do not always translate exactly into those of another. Read moreSection: NewsHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later
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Searching for the Lost Location of the Isle of Circe, Enchantress of Odysseus
It was by chance that Homer’s brave Odysseus, on his odyssey home from the Trojan War, landed on the mysterious Isle of Circe...Read moreSection: NewsHistoryRead Later
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Odysseus, Off Course in the Baltic Sea
Homer’s Odyssey tells of the adventures of the ancient seasoned mariner, Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, who offended Poseidon and as a result was cursed to sail the seas and prolong his journey home...
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Surprise Discovery Reveals Ancient City of Troy is 5,500 Years Old
The city of Troy has fascinated people for millennia. Once thought to be purely mythological, the lost city emerged as a real place in history when it was discovered in Turkey by Heinrich Schliemann in...
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The Itinerary of Odysseus, an Ancient Treasure Map
Did Homer’s Odyssey contain a secret code, that would guide the Greeks to gain complete control over the Black Sea and the North Atlantic and access to the riches of precious metals and other...
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Homer in the Baltic: Odysseus a Fair-Haired Dane?
Described by Homer and Pindar as ‘fair haired’, one can ask the perturbing question: Was Odysseus a Dane originating from the Baltic Sea and is Troy located on the Gulf of Finland? Since ancient...
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Diomedes, the Unsung Hero of Troy
Any Greek epic by the poet Homer should never be read quietly to one’s self but spoken out loud to all who wish to listen, especially if it has to do with the Trojan War. Read moreSection:...
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Sanctuary of the Mysterious ‘Great Gods’ on the Island of Samothrace
One of the most enigmatic archaeological sites in all of Greece is that of the Samothrace Temple Complex. These impressive ruins are located on the island of Samothrace, also known as Samothraki, in...
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Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece
Greece, a modern country found in Southeastern Europe, has for more than a thousand years presented the world with famous battles, fine art, wine, poetry, gods, and tales that at times bewilder the...
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Achilles and Patroclus: Close Confidants or Passionate Paramours?
A woman launched a thousand ships. Men traveled far to rescue her, though her motives and intentions were shrouded in haze. But when one warrior quit, it did not take a woman to bring him back to the...
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Hector of Troy: The Battle for Peace and the Wrath of Achilles
The legendary super-warrior has gone down in history as a model of chivalry, trying to protect his beloved city of Troy from the wrath of the Greeks during the Trojan War. As the meddlesome gods take...
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Achilles’ Shield: What’s the Meaning of the Iliad’s Most Symbolic Object?
The Iliad is one of the most famous epic poems created by the Greek poet Homer and the piece recounts the last weeks of the Trojan War. In book 18 of the series, Homer writes about Achilles’ shield -...
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Why We Should Remember Menelaus, the King Lost in his Wife’s Shadow
Menelaus, the mythological king of Mycenaean Sparta, is perhaps best remembered as the husband of Helen of Troy. While lost in his wife’s shadow, his story is inexorably entwined with that of the...
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Gods Throwing Dice: Cleromancy In The Trojan War
Any movie or television series about the Bronze Age Trojan War conjures up battle scenes of thousands of Achaean and Trojan hoplites squaring up and facing each other on the Troad plains outside the...
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The Origins Of Ancient Greek Creation Mythology
Since the beginning of humankind, there has been the pressing need to understand the reasons why humans were created. What purpose do humans serve? Each ancient and modern culture hold their own...
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Does The Iliad Deserve Reverence as Scripture Like The Bible?
Ten thousand years from now, when humanity has moved out among the stars, and an alien race discovers the Earth and explores it, can you imagine one of them coming across the Bible and reading itRead...
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Ten years in the Med? The Hunt for the Real Odyssey Locations!
The Odyssey's main sequence (except for Odysseus' travels) takes place in the Peloponnese and what is now known as the Ionian Islands (Ithaca and its neighbors). What’s more,Read moreSection: NewsMyths...
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Eris: The Gleeful Greek Goddess of Chaos and Discord
Many of the Greek gods and goddesses enjoyed inflicting in pain, suffering, and destruction, but few took as much joy in it as Eris.Read moreSection: NewsMyths & LegendsEuropeRead Later
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Is There Any Truth to Legends of Mighty Cyclopes from Greek Mythology?
The mysterious, one-eyed creatures revered in Greek and Roman mythologies remain one of the most riveting of the oldest Mediterranean legends. Read moreSection: ArtifactsAncient WritingsNewsMyths &...
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The Iliad: Overlapping Mycenaean Bronze Age And Dark Age Allegories
Known as the “Age of Heroes,” the Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BC) was immortalized in the Homeric epics by such noteworthy characters as the imperious commander-in-chief “king of men” Read...
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Hawaii: Paradise Location Of Homeric Mythical Elysian Fields
Over centuries explorers as well as ethnologists noting the myths, legends, customs and folklore of the cultures native to the Pacific Ocean islands, have accumulated enough evidence to attest to...
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The Iliad And The Odyssey: Lessons From Humanities
The Humanities are by definition concerned with humankind’s life-chances and life-fates, and mortality captures humanness from one essential viewpoint – all humans inevitably die. Read moreSection:...
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Strabo's Geographica: A Grand Tour of the Ancient World
Strabo, a prominent Greek geographer, historian, and philosopher born around 64 BC, left an undeniable mark on ancient geography with his magnum opus, "Geographica."Read moreSection: ArtifactsAncient...
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The Treasures of Priam: Golden Riches from the Legendary City of Troy
Homer’s Iliad is often considered as one of the greatest works of Western literature. For many centuries, Homer’s Troy, the city besieged by the GreeksRead moreSection: ArtifactsOther ArtifactsNewsRead...
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Troy in Turkey or Troy in Britain? False Leads vs Hard Evidence
Nobody reading Homer’s Iliador Virgil’s Aeneid has ever failed to wonder ‘was this real?’ and ‘where was Troy?’. Homer’s Troy lay across the Aegean from Greece, whence the angry Greeks sailed to avenge...
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Tomb of ‘Last Trojans’ Unearthed in Troy with a Cinematic Arranging of Burials
Late last month, excavations commenced at the 5,500-year-old Troy Archaeological Site in Tevfikiye village to uncover the damage and destruction the Trojan War left in its wake. Now, archaeologists...
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The Origins and Development of Alphabets in Ancient Cultures
In the course of early human development, there appeared the distinct need to write. To protect thoughts and ideas and tasks from the passing of time, to remember and keep for posterity. Oral tradition...
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