Deipnosophistae is a work by Athenaeus, written around 200 CE, about well-read people philosophizing at the dinner table and enjoying good food and drink. The title is a combination of two words: ...

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Even today, references to Greek myths permeate art, literature, academics…and branding. That's right – the same symbolic characters and storylines that ancient Greek audiences gossiped about live on ...

The ancient Greek sanctuary and theater of Dodona, home to the oldest oracle, and located in Epirus, northwestern Greece, are part of a uniquely historic site in the country, which predated even the ...

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Flames lit up Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday as hundreds gathered for the ancient Holy Fire ceremony ... to witness the Greek patriarch emerge from the Holy Edicule with ...

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This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...

Originating in China about 2,200 years ago, the first known soy sauce recipe was recorded in an ancient Chinese agriculture ... in 1888 when he was boiling a pot of oyster soup and accidentally ...

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