To tourists, it’s the ancient theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends ...

Theater had become a way to unite the warring factions of ancient Greece — the very same divisions that would undo democracy in Athens after Sparta, with its Persian allies, conquered Athens in ...

Archaeology & History The Only Ancient Greek Theater on the Ionian Islands Is Finally Unearthed. The monument has been excavated more than a century after its initial discovery.

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands. The ...

Ancient hilltop theater of Pleuronas, located in western Greece, was restored and will reopen Aug. 31, culture ministry officials said.

Fragments of two lost ancient Greek plays by playwright Euripides found in Egypt were remade into a play combining theater / ...

For its 18th annual outdoor theater production, the Getty Villa has reached beyond the surviving canon of ancient Greek and Roman plays. Taking center stage is a forgotten figure from the ...

Ancient Roman Theater When the Romans weren’t enraptured by their gladiator duels or chariot racing, they had the dramatic arts to turn to. Influence From Greek Theater ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.