This page has a detailed explanation of an ancient shipwreck that archaeologists use to reconstruct the character of Mycenaean trade. Also provides a shorter, general discussion of the goods and raw materials that were important to this...

Amhara culture is often identified with Abyssinian culture, which is regarded as the heir to the cultural blending of ancient Semitic and Cushitic (African) patterns. "Ethiopia" is derived from an ancient Greek term meaning "people with...

This article provides a glimpse into the everyday life of the ancient Athenians in the words of Xenophon, the Greek historian and pupil of Socrates.

Kids learn about the history of the First Persian Empire. Also known as the Achaemenid Empire, they ruled the Middle East before the Greeks arrived.

In this sixth unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn about the history of architecture, including ancient Greek and Roman works. They will learn about Frank Lloyd Wright and about Islamic architecture. They will also look...

Read about the Winds (Anemoi), the personifications of the wind's various directions. The most important Winds were Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus and Eurus and others were Skiron, Kaikias, Apeliotis and Lips.

Read about Helios, the personification of the sunlight.

Learn about Triton, a powerful sea god, merman, and the messenger of Poseidon, who possessed the gift of prophecy.

Learn about Nereus, a truthful and good-natured marine deity, who went from being half fish and half man to fully human and was father to 50 beautiful mermaids, the Nereids.

Learn about the Sirens, sea nymphs with the power to seduce sailors with their singing. See the pictures and read about Odysseus experience with them.

Adonis was a handsome young hunter who was sent by Aphrodite to be reared by Persephone until he was grown, but she refused to give him up because he was so handsome. Read more to see what happened.

Asclepius, the god of healing and medicine, was the personification of the ideal doctor. He even had the power to raise the dead. Zeus feared his power; read to find out what he did to Asclepius.

Learn about Proteus, a gentle marine deity from Egypt and the personification of the waves who received the gift of prophecy.

Learn about the Cabeiri, pygmy-like evil demons of fire who shook the earth and expelled fire, but were the protectors of sailors, the solvers of calamities, and the demons who punished perjury and profanity.

Learn about the Charites or Graces, three lovely goddesses: Aglaia, the Grace of Beauty, Euphrosyne, the Grace of Delight, and Thalia, the Grace of Blossom.

Learn about the three Fates (Moirae), Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who were the spinners of the thread of life determining the span of each human's life.

Read about the Hours (Horae), the fruitful goddesses of the Seasons and the guards of Mount Olympus, who are the personifications of the seasons.

Read about the Muses, the nine goddesses over the Arts and the Sciences, whose job was to make humans forget their sorrows and cares.

Read about the Nymphs, young goddesses of Nature including the sea, the land, and the woods.

Read about the Pleiades, seven sisters and goddesses of the mountains, who were turned into doves and then stars to form the famous Pleiades.

Hebe, the goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods, was married to Heracles and acted as a servant to the Olympian gods.

Hyacinth was a handsome young man from Sparta, Greece, and a lover of Apollo, whose shed blood was used to create the flower Hyacinth.

Read about Hypnos (Sleep), the god who calmed the tired and sent dreams to mortals.

Read about the golden-winged Iris who was a goddess of the sea and the sky, the personification of the rainbow, and the female messenger of the gods.