These people say worshiping ancient Greek gods is a route to modern happiness

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” hits theaters this month, but these believers have never stopped worshiping gods like Zeus ...

38 Greek Mythology Books And Stories Worth Reading Right Now

Discover the Greek mythology books every reader should know, from Homer's timeless epics to bestselling novels inspired by ...
The Atlantic

The Modern Greeks: An Interpretation of National Characteristics

WHO are the modern Greeks? What is their origin? How did their national character come to be formed? Greeks today speak a language which, though not the ancient Attic tongue, is nevertheless, in a ...
Paste

Translating Ancient Greek: How One Man Launched a Modern Greek Wine Revolution While Holding Onto the Past

Greece has always had a complex relationship with time. Ancient history and modernity in most places make for uneasy bedfellows. In Greece? They’re inseparable. Ancient Greece essentially pioneered ...
Digital Journal

When Greeks were less fond of Alexander the Great

To modern Greeks, Alexander the Great is an integral part of their rich heritage -- one of history's greatest conquerors who toppled the hated Persian Empire and took Greek culture as far as Egypt and ...
The Atlantic

Some Aspects of Modern Greek Art: The Blending of Contrasting Traditions

OF ALL, Europeans only the Greeks, and the Balkan peoples under their civilizing influences preserved the art forms, subjects, and principles of medieval Byzantium. Only if we fully appreciate this ...
Observer

DNA Testing Links Modern Greeks to Ancient Minoan and Mycenaean Ancestors

Recent DNA testing has revealed fresh insight into the genetic origins of today’s Greek population, who do, in fact, have more in common with their mythic ancestors than experts previously believed, ...