Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human potential.

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing ...

Perhaps the most iconic Greek artform today, life-sized marble statues began to appear in Greece around the early 6 th century B.C. The practice originated nearly two centuries earlier (8 th ...

There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on Greek mythology, showing how much it still speaks to us today over ...

BCE, a poetess named Sappho lived on a rocky Greek island far out in the Aegean Sea. She wrote about her love for women in ...

About 100 miles (161km) away, at the family's estate in Dorset, an identical - but much lesser known - Anteros points back ...

Greek and Roman mythology is a key theme of the exhibition. The goddess of love and beauty is one of the highlights. Aphrodite Marina, a marble statue from the first century AD, vividly portrays the ...

Nico Muhly’s Aphrodite reimagines the mythological goddess for the modern age, in a production that is both visually stunning and musically engaging.

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

Although many statues of Hatshepsut were intentionally broken, the reason behind their destruction has nothing to do with her ...

Archaeologists in Cyprus have rediscovered a long-lost ancient temple dedicated to the Greek god Apollo, unearthing hundreds of statues and artifacts dating back nearly 2,700 years. The ...

An astonishing discovery in Greece reveals an ancient marble workshop filled with unfinished statues.