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The Women Poets of Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece is known for many things, but how many of us know that there were a select few women who became exceptional ...

Ancient Greece’s most famous oracle was just high on gas fumes

In 1996, after gaining permission from the Greek government, Hale and De Boer made their first expedition to Delphi. They ...
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The Five Ages of Ancient Greece: From Bronze to Hellenistic

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...
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Ancient Greece’s Most Secretive Cult May Have Used A Psychedelic Hallucinogen For Its Rituals

Ancient Greek priestesses may have used hallucinogenic ergot during the Eleusinian Mysteries, rituals carried out by the cult ...

Ancient Greek priestesses may have turned ergot fungus into a psychedelic brew during the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter ...
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This is what What Athena Symbolized in Ancient Greece

Athena was one of the most revered gods of ancient Greece, embodying wisdom, strategy, and just warfare. Born fully armed from the head of Zeus, she represented intelligence and reason over brute ...
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How White Nationalists Weaponize Ancient Greece and Rome

Classicist Curtis Dozier’s The White Pedestal examines how the prestige of Greece and Rome can legitimize modern racism—and ...

Did ancient Greeks let women compete in the Olympics?

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

Everyday items from ancient Greece and Rome in the spotlight at ANU Classics Museum

It doesn't look like much from the outside, but the inside of the Australian National University Classics Museum in Canberra ...