These ancient carvings, dating to the late Hellenistic period, appear to confirm the site as a sacred space dedicated to the ...

The language, the way it was taught and references to Latin literature are constants throughout James Joyce's work ...

Each June, the Cyprus Bloomsday Festival organises cultural events with local and invited artists from abroad that honour the life and legacy of the Irish writer. Why June? Joyces ...

In the face of threats to free speech and attempts to ban books, the worldwide ritual known as Bloomsday is an annual call from the literary heights to ...

Greece has about 6000 islands, 230 of which are inhabited. Here is a map explaining all of the Greek island groups.

Eric Clapton's first real attempt at songwriting needed some lyrics. A poet came through with the words of "Tales Of Brave ...

Who decides which people and stories get preserved in our history books?  It's a question historian Emily Hauser has been grappling with after spending most of her life learning about Ancient Greece.

Greek brought us myths of the gods, of Zeus, Poseidon, the Trojan War and Odysseus (Ulysses) to Hollywood and popular culture. It is the language of the poet Homer, Socrates, Aristotle and ...

Ulysses’s lost and broken personality is restored when he ... Aside from the fact that Shakespeare got so much out of the Greek classics and Homer,” says the director. “Shakespeare recognized up to ...

The series has been translated into Scottish Gaelic and is broadcast on BBC Alba since 2010. Most of the characters in the show are portrayed with their original Greek names, with a few Romanized ...