In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
来自MSN11 个月
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece?
The Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece were a series of athletic and ... sculptures from the Classical period are dedicated to the chariot winners. Visitors of Delphi can today admire the stadium ...
BBC7 个月
Introduction to Ancient Greece
When was Ancient Greece? How did ancient Greece begin? The first Olympic games and new discoveries How was Greece ruled? Activities About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important ...
Wall Street Journal26 天
The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World
For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...
PBS6 年
The Origin of the Olympic Games
an alternative myth has the hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the ...
dw17 天
Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...