Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch plays. Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in ...
Perlin writes that 2,500 years ago, most Greek homes were heated by the sun. The ancient Romans used these principles as well. When wood became scarce through deforestation, the Romans published books ...
Ancient Greece was far from being a utopia of tolerance. Its people wrestled with their own biases, strictures, and fears. These included prejudices against women who seemed powerful and against ...
the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...
For ancient Greeks, the island was sacred to Hephaestus ... On this island, time and its people move slowly. Siesta time is still sacrosanct and it is undisturbed by day-trippers thanks to ...
View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...