Ancient Greeks viewed dreams as divine messages, omens or natural phenomena, with interpretations from Homer, Plato, Aristotle and others.

Homer’s Iliad tells only part of the story, while Hittite tablets hint at a wider Bronze Age conflict involving empires, vassal states, and forgotten alliances. This chapter follows the documents, the ...

Imagine a city that thrived for thousands of years, its streets alive with workshops, markets and the laughter of children, yet that is remembered for a single night of fire. That city is Troy.

In the Odyssey, the Phaeacians had special ships. They were self-driving, being able to propel and steer themselves through ...