The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

also known as the Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a former colossal temple in the center of Athens. b) Excavations at the western end of the temple, where the end of a Roman sewer system had been ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Homer and Odysseus live in a world where there is no one morality common to all people. Odysseus is never condemned for being ...

But Trump’s coin is nothing new. In a pre-social media world, coins were the ultimate propaganda tool. Rulers used them to advertise themselves and their achievements and any messaging they wanted to ...

Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...

This coin of Julius Caesar features, on the obverse, Caesar at the height of his power with a legend naming him as “Dictator in Perpetuity”, an honour bestowed on him by the Roman Senate in ...

The Temple of Olympian Zeus is more than a historical relic – it is a testament ... rulers but took more than six centuries to complete, reaching its peak under Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd ...

The obverse shows the head of Alexander wearing a ram's horn, indicating the Horns of Ammon—the iconography thanks to an Egyptian Oracle which identified him as being the son of the god Zeus Ammon.

Later on, Dushara became linked with Zeus, while Allat was depicted like Aphrodite. While the Greco-Roman influence is apparent, it’s not clear what motivated the change in how these gods were ...

Must-see sight: the Parthenon, Athens It’s well worth the hefty climb to see sights such as the temple dedicated to goddess of victory Athena Nike and the 5,000-seat theatre that Roman senator ...

Her influence appears in epic poems like Homer’s Iliad, where she intervenes to protect her son Hypnos from Zeus and scares Zeus into submission ... Nyx and that a statue of her even existed at the ...