Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was an important deity in Ancient Greece due to the worship of the various aspects of love.

This (spoilery) review of Miller's novel 'Circe' explores how the character of Circe from the Odyssey can be reimagined in a feminist light.

The love story between the god Apollo and the mortal man Hyacinthus is a myth that was important to Greek and Roman religion and tradition.

The festival of the Eleusinian Mystery cult for Demeter was elusive, but we can reconstruct some of the intriguing rites of this festival.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian epic that explores the theme of grief, paralleling the grief of Achilles in the Iliad.

Roman gods are often thought of as Greek gods with a different name, but both Greeks and Romans viewed their gods in very different ways.

Athena plays an important role in the Odyssey as the patron god of Odysseus, helping him to achieve his goals through divine intervention.

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is well known, but it is similar to the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami, which also transcends death.

The embassy to Achilles in Homer's Iliad to appeal to him to fight again is an example of expertly crafted and persuasive rhetoric.

The depictions of gods and goddesses in the Odyssey show Greek attitudes towards the divine and how gods interacted with the hero Odysseus.

Prometheus is a mythological figure who gave fire to humanity and is often compared to innovative figures, from Frankenstein to Elon Musk.

The myth of Demeter and Persephone inspired the mystery cult known as the Eleusinian Mysteries: many of the rites are still unknown.

Archaeology can tell us a lot about human history, and the methods used by archaeologists vary from excavation to surveys.

Herodotus and Thucydides are the two most well-known Greek historians and set a precedent for historiography in antiquity as well as today.

Euripides' Medea is a divisive figure - is she a feminist figure and the victim of a tragedy or an evil villain who kills her own children?

The Muses are the goddesses of literature and the arts, such as poetry, song and myth and were hugely influential on literature and religion

Check out our resource booklets designed to decode Classical Manuscripts in Greek and Latin. Academus presents Classical Manuscripts Decoded

Heroism is a concept that has changed from ancient to modern times, from Achilles to Superman, Odysseus to Batman and beyond!

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2021, we want to acknowledge that Classical women were epic, especially in epic literature.

Love was important in the ancient world, particularly in myth, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice shows how love transcends life and death