Ancient Greek poet Homer's words on friendship remain relevant. His quote, 'A friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother,' highlights the deep value of empathy and loyalty.

Homer, the enigmatic author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, profoundly shaped Western literature. Despite his immense influence ...

Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto ...

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

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

Mathematician Sarah Hart has always loved to read — and she argues literature and math are fundamentally intertwined. She ...

Bumblebees tend to go around in middle C, specifically because it’s the resonant frequency of tomato flowers, which is ...

Math is everywhere — and if you look closely, it's key to uncovering an enthralling perspective on literature, says mathematician Sarah Hart. "The universe is full of underlying structure, pattern, ...

You needn’t have Irish blood to wear green and make merry because celebrating “Irishness” has come to mean embracing fun and community.

Morning Anchor Giselle Hood is one of our voracious readers. You may have even seen her talking about her recent reads on the ...

This month’s new releases include ‘Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories’ by Amal El-Mohtar, ‘Now I Surrender’ by Álvaro Enrigue ...

The notion that it was so easy to visit the underworld was parodied as early as Aristophanes, who in his play The Frogs ...