Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her dramatic trial.

Athens-based editor Katie Silcox has narrowed down this list of 15 places everyone should visit in Greece in their lifetime, drawing on her expertise of the country's loveliest islands, thriving ...

Phryne the Thespian was a famed courtesan of Athens, better known for the court case she won by baring her breasts. Her actual name was Mnesarete but people referred to her as Phryne (“toad”) because ...

It’s no secret that the ancient Greeks loved to have parties, dance and drink for every occasion. It could be celebrating a birth, the arrival of a loved person or a marriage. Indeed, in many cases no ...

People in Ancient Greece were captivated by the scandals of their own stars. Credit: wallyg, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Long before TMZ and Page Six dominated our feeds with celebrity gossip, people in Ancient ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The first 50 pages of Murder in the Cathedral, Kerry Greenwood’s 23rd Miss Fisher adventure, made me laugh out loud. The last one made me ...

In this sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today. When the Athenian politician Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration at the end of the first year ...

The ancient worlds of Greece and Rome have perhaps never been as popular as they presently are. There are numerous television series and one-off documentaries covering both “big picture” perspectives ...

Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the popular TV series. Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, The Babadook) returns in a cinematic sequel to the ...

Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusis, a large-scale 1889 history painting by Polish-Russian artist Henryk Siemiradzki, is held in the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg. Credit: ...

When some residents of Athens, Greece, turn on their sinks, showers and public fountains later this month, water will flow to some taps from an ancient source: a 2,000-year-old underground aqueduct ...

Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city conserve dwindling water supplies amid worsening droughts. During a 2024 heat wave, residents and ...