The word sycophant has fascinating roots that stem from the ancient Greek fig market. Greek has influenced modern language in ...

The names of Greek islands depend on spelling, grammar, ancient Greek mythology, and the geomorphology of the place.

From Monstrum: The impossible, three-headed monster of Ancient Greek mythology, the Chimaera, may have started off as a fantasy, but today, the word “chimera” can be used to refer to anything ...

The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle branch to the man reclining next to him who was to sing next.

Ancient genomes from Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, all dated between 2,100 and 5,200 years ago, were sequenced and combined with previously ...