One change was that Greek lost its labialized velar consonants. These were the sounds ‘kwh,’ ‘kw,’ and ‘gw.’ Words with any of these three sounds evolved to use different sounds, based on ‘p,’ ‘t,’ or ...

Many Greeks recall the speeches in English — peppered with Greek-origin words and phrases — given by economist and politician Xenophon Zolotas in the late 1950s. Zolotas was director of the Bank of ...

Think of the kind that makes you pause and take a moment or more to pronounce these words. With around 273,000 headwords — for example, if you look up the word “cat” in a dictionary, “cat” is the ...

Greek and Roman gods evoked fear, awe and envy. Their names now control trillions of dollars of your money. Janus, Apollo, Jupiter and Ares are some of the most famous names of Greek and Roman ...

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

Did you know that in the first three years of life, 75 percent of your personality is developed? The remaining 25 percent continues throughout our lifetime. This figure can be ...

Turkish Navy shadows Greek research vessel near Crete for the second time in ten days, raising concerns about maritime activities in the region. Athens, Greece – In a historic move, Greek lawmakers ...

People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...

A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...

Stories like A Court of Thorns and Roses have been seducing audiences with tales of romance and magical danger for hundreds ...

Love is in the air because Valentine's Day has arrived! Feb. 14 has long been known as a day of romance, filled with ...