The summertime is peak season for ancient Greek theatre and the majority of performances present contemporary adaptations in Greek. One upcoming production this July will present Elektra from ...

In her fascinating history of old age, Winter Dreams, Barbara H Rosenwein extracts lessons on ageing from Sophocles to Jenny ...

If it were a film, it would be a thriller. But it's theatre. In fact, a tragedy. And it is with this key that Luca De Fusco ...

Anne Enright’s collection of non-fiction writing, Attention: Writing on Life, Art and The World, will be published by ...

Matthew Arnold’s poems often reflect our search for meaning in life. Arnold’s best buddy at Rugby School and later at Oxford ...

Data is power, and man has known it for centuries. In these excerpts, the author juxtaposes some of the earliest data collectors, as early as 48 BCE, to today’s age, where data is collected at every ...

Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.

This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company will present Oedipus the King, Mama! for the 19th annual ...

Looking for a hint for today's NYT Connections? Read on for hints and the answer to today's Connections game on Wednesday, ...

Theater maker, director, and performer Adil Mansoor explores family tension, queerness, and faith in Amm(i)gone, now playing ...

Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona’s classic play The Island was performed at the National Arts Festival in ...

The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University begins in 1828, just a few years after the start of the Greek War of ...