How did the Greeks explain the fact that their gods no longer interacted much with humans during the historical era?

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Old age – the “winter” of life – is often depicted as “sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything”. But as Barbara H Rosenwein, an American historian and author of Winter Dreams: A Historical ...

Retellings and reimaginings are having a moment in the publishing industry as readers can’t seem to get enough of them. Mixing newer releases with popular and beloved adaptations, this list offers ...

What did the Romans do for us? A lot - judging by the vestiges left in Luxembourg, from heated baths and sumptuous villas to ...

31. “Let the wage promised to a friend be fixed; even with your brother smile—and get a witness; for trust and mistrust alike ruin men.”— Hesiod Why trust us At Reader’s Digest, we’ve ...