This ancient myth of Daphne, in which the nymph escape the lustful attention of the god Apollo, has inspired countless retellings in art.

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

Pericles' wife, Aspasia, is one of Ancient Greece's most enigmatic figures: a foreign woman in Athens who lured the city’s leader.