Yet the beach was not all bad for the Greeks. Because the beach acted as a bridge between sea and land, the Greeks thought ...

Many have traced the contemporary conception of a mermaid to the ancient Greek figure of the siren, despite the fact that ...

Greek literature discounts all the positive sensations of the beach and the sea and focuses on the negative ones in order to stress the discomfort the ancient Greeks felt about the beach and the sea ...

For thousands of years sirens have lured sailors, haunted coastlines—and shapeshifted through myth and media. Here's how they ...

Odysseus played an influential role as a strategist and advisor. The war lasted more than 10 years until the Greeks retreated from their camp, leaving a large, wooden horse outside the gates of Troy.

Before Nolan’s version hits the big screen, it’s worth revising these other great adaptations of Homer's epic.

More than 100 coins from ancient cities, minted in different ancient Greek city-states and dated from the 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE, were found at the excavation site.

Based on Homer's legendary epic, one of the oldest surviving stories in literature, Nolan's The Odyssey tells the story of ...

Throughout the centuries, Homer's works, particularly The Odyssey, inspired artists and influenced the subject matter of ...

Outside of his home, Odysseus was a warrior; he cannot truly return until he remembers how to be a king, a father, a husband and a son. Individualism vs. the hero Odysseus’ famous homecoming – his ...