Construction workers discovered a mosaic floor from the 4th century B.C.E. while installing underground water pipelines in Eretria, a Greek town north of Athens. The mosaic, made of white, black, ...

At the site of an ancient city on the coast of Greece, a mosaic floor represents parties of a past age. Fotis Fotopoulos via Unsplash When archaeologists discover buildings from centuries past, it can ...

A notable figure who blazed the trail for Greek tragedy was a man named Thespis. A poet and actor, Thespis began to act out individual characters by switching between different masks. In its earliest ...