Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their ...

Bringing Ancient Greece to life with immersive storytelling, dance and poetry, “Sing to Me, Muse” is the latest offering from ...

Refugee children in Kenya's Kakuma camp are turning to dance to cope with harsh conditions. Funding cuts have halved food ...

The Greek National Opera has announced its programme for the 2025/26 season, featuring international co-productions, original ...

Directed by Efthemis Theou, the performance was inspired by the 2022 discovery of a papyrus containing parts of Euripides' lost plays Polyidus and Ino, unearthed during an archaeological excavation in ...

The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

Scholars participating in the conference and one of the organizers, Kyriacos Batsaras, who is the head of the Assyrian Union of Greece, called on the government of Greece to officially recognize the ...

The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

Even though his works have been lost in time, Lasus is remembered as an innovator and a revolutionary artistic figure. He is ...

This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.