She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the International Olympic Committee.

With nowhere to quench their need for glory or to release their pent-up aggression, this posed a dangerous threat to the ...

Evangelos Zappas was born in 1800 in Lambovo, Epirus, in a time of turbulence and change. He was a child of a Greece that was ...

Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... and in many ways were the most important factor uniting the Greeks, except for their language and mythology.

The Olympic Opening Ceremony's controversy has renewed interest in divine dinners, during which sitting down for food is more than a meal.

The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event ... Every four summers, for over a thousand years, tens of thousands of Greeks would come to the games from across the Mediterranean ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro ... naturist Abrico beach in Grumari are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in the nude to honour the gods.

When the ancient Greek Olympics concept was revived by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin in the late 19th century he saw it as a celebration of gentlemanly athleticism “with female applause ...