Monasteries like Hosios Loukas, Prodromos, Mega Spileo, Agios Dimitrios Avgou, and the Holy Monastery of the Philosopher are ...

Pherecydes of Syros, a pioneering philosopher and tutor of Pythagoras, blended myth and metaphysics, shaping early Greek thought.

I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.When I think ...

Anaxarchus, a Greek philosopher at Alexander the Great’s court, upheld wisdom and detachment, reflecting on the fleeting ...

Beta Film and Athens-based Foss Productions are teaming up for a six-hour drama series, “The Great Chimera,” that will bring to the screen for the first time one of the most important Greek ...

A great Greek philosopher once said, ‘Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.’ I’m 99% sure that means I’m doomed to morph into a slab of gooey saganaki one day, ...

Sophie Khan Levy – EastEnders’ Priya Nandra-Hart – has a very famous mum (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) EastEnders viewers have expressed their surprise after learning Sophie ...

Greek mythology is sneaky. One moment you are just minding your own business and, before you know it, you are knee-deep in tales about gods throwing tantrums and mortals making terrible decisions.

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island Wednesday as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern ...

During the trial of Socrates in ancient Athens, the renowned philosopher faced charges of impiety and corrupting youth. In 399 BC, Socrates stood before a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, accused of ...