Léon Bakst, “Costume Design for Tamara Karsavina as Chloé” for Daphnis et Chloé (ca. 1912), graphite and tempera and/or watercolor on paper. 17.5×11.1 inches (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, ...
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” hits theaters this month, but these believers have never stopped worshiping gods like Zeus ...
In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and ...
The ancient Greeks may have been onto something when Pythagoras mused about the music of the spheres — a flawed, if romantic concept suggesting the mathematical relationships between celestial bodies ...
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Wheaton College presents “The First Hymn Project | Encore Performance,” a film screening by The First Hymn Project Film It will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Armerding Center for ...
As drums echo beneath Mount Olympus and torch-bearing worshippers sing hymns to Zeus, an ancient tradition comes alive each summer in northern Greece. For more than three decades, followers of the ...