From buried ruins to impossible legends, some ancient Greek stories may have had a real-world spark behind them. Join us as we explore the myths that history, archaeology, and science have helped ...

Joel Christensen is an associate professor of classical studies at Brandeis. This article is republished from The Conversation. Read the original article. In the fifth century B.C., the playwright ...

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In the fifth century B.C., the playwright Sophocles begins “Oedipus Tyrannos” with the title character struggling to identify the cause of a plague striking his city, Thebes. (Spoiler alert: It’s his ...