In Homer’s Odyssey, the episode of the witch Circe is one of the most deliciously intriguing of the epic. She is often ...

One aspect of modern May Day celebrations is the preparation of a flower wreath from wild flowers against a background of ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

I had my first-ever Greek meal last week and it was fantastic. My wife Wendy and I ate dinner at a restaurant called “Greek Belly,” located on Walnut Street in downtown Springfield.

Türkiye on Monday firmly rejected claims reported in the Greek Cypriot press suggesting that it would open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels in exchange for visa facilitation for Turkish ...

A 59-year-old man of Georgian descent was arrested in Alexandroupoli on April 29, 2025, for photographing and filming military installations, allegedly for a foreign entity, Greek authorities ...

In light of the recent widespread power outage that struck the Iberian Peninsula, Greece remains on high alert, though there is no immediate threat of a similar blackout in the country, according to ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Political intrigue, swoon-worthy romance, fierce heroes, mythical creatures—the books on this list have it all! But most notably, all of these stories were inspired by the legends and folktales that ...