Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Orpheus was a world-class poet and bard. He was on the top of the world and engaged to a beautiful nymph named Eurydice.

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Greek myths are all over theatre stages at the moment, their fierce, vengeful stories offering unnerving parallels with ...