Greek Beauty: Surprise, It’s Not What You Think
July 29, 2024
Tony Spawforth— To call someone a ‘Greek god’ is to see them as ‘a paragon of male beauty’, or, more specifically, as having ‘a very well-built, athletic body’. Annually since… READ MORE
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Greek Treasures in the Roman Empire
April 3, 2020
Tony Spawforth— Around 60 BC an ancient freighter foundered in the treacherous waters off the southeastern tip of mainland Greece. Two millennia later, fishermen happened upon remnants of its cargo… READ MORE
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