An eidolon can refer to phantoms, ghosts, reflections and apparitons, and their appearance in Greek tragedy illuminates their function.

How Euripides’ Bacchae creates an image of the Maenads Maenads, the exclusively female followers of Dionysus, loomed large in the...

The so-called 'Alexander' Sarcophagus reveals to us how the different cultures of Greece, Macedon and Persia may have interacted.

Discover how modern feminist theory effects our reading of Sophocles' Antigone

Look at the parallels between the mythical world of Homer's Iliad and mechanised combat in World War One

Lady of Fortune, Mystery and Propaganda In the ancient world, Tyche (Gk. τύχη; Lat. Fortuna) was the goddess of fortune

You might well be wondering if there is any point in re-imagining laughs, chuckles and giggles from thousands of years ago

There is no Greek hero quite like Herakles. Son of Zeus, king of the Greek Pantheon, and a mortal woman by the name of Alcmene, Herakles...

An in-depth look at the rituals dedicated to the cult of Demeter and Persephone much of which still remain unknown to this day.

A detailed analysis of Euripides' tragedy the Trojan Women with the question of feminism in mind.

Clytemnestra and Penelope are no longer considered two wives waiting for their husbands to return from war, but individuals with pain.

If we want classics to survive, we need to confront how exclusionary it has been and is, and work towards making it more inclusive.

When we think about infidelity, the relationship between Odysseus and Penelope is perhaps among the last to spring to mind.

The kylix was a wine drinking cup that was used during symposia (male-dominated drinking parties).

A discussion of male homosexuality through close examination of the Warren Cup and Hadrian and Antinous' relationship.

Dionysus, God of wine, divine madness and theatre. Despite close association with sexual symbols, he's often represented detached from sex.

To some, it is the love that launched a thousand warriors and representation that survived the test of time.

In the realm of LGBTQIA fiction and popular culture the relationship between Alexander and Hephaestion remains a popular inspiration.

The Ancient Greeks believed in a concept called miasma, which can be loosely translated as ‘pollution’. They thought that the crimes of a...

The famous princess betrayed by Theseus is left on the island of Naxos but soon rescued by the Gods - how does this fit Minoan tradition?