The ancient Greeks we admire today regarded these seven men as the wisest of their time. They attributed to them not only the ...

Hypsipyle was the mythical ancient Greek queen of Lemnos who ruled over a matriarchal society after all the men were ...

Why did the male nude come to occupy such an important place in ancient Greek culture? Despite extended debate, the answer to this question remains obscure. In this book, Sarah Murray demonstrates ...

it is not certain whether the profession was also typically male-oriented, as was the case for ancient Greece. To make the figurines, wet clay sheets were pressed into molds, which resulted in ...

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 ...