FIU Theatre is taking viewers to ancient Greece in its upcoming production of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. The comedic tale follows a woman, Lysistrata, who seeks to end the Peloponnesian War between ...

PLATTSBURGH — Adirondack Regional Theatre presents “The Iliad, the Odyssey and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less” Sept. 15-17 in the Community Room at the YMCA on the Oval in Plattsburgh.

Archaeologists have discovered a tomb in Pompeii containing one of the site’s best-preserved skeletons to date—and the partially mummified remains offer fascinating insight into the previously unknown ...

Discover this week’s top Greek events across Australia, from Giorgos Margaritis’ encore concerts to the Kastoria Lane launch, ...

A notable figure who blazed the trail for Greek tragedy was a man named Thespis. A poet and actor, Thespis began to act out individual characters by switching between different masks. In its earliest ...

Empty beer bottles littered the ground, while the crowd’s playful jeering and loud laughter resembled that of an ancient Greek theater. This is no frat party, just an imitation — this is “The Boys.” ...

The first plays were performed with just one actor (called a protagonist) and a chorus of people who helped him to tell the story. However, throughout the 5th century BC playwrights continued to ...

FEW persons were present at the first performance of the King Œdipus at Sanders Theatre who did not feel before the play was out that the occasion was of no trivial significance. Most of the audience ...

The most interesting single feature of her method of translation is her treatment of metre. The dialogue is put into iambic lines of varying lengths, normally of five feet. The choruses of two of the ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly reported Ms. Papas's age and date of birth. She was born on Sept. 3, 1929, not 1926, and she was 93 when she died, not 96. The article has been ...