Ancient Greece

Picture of Chrysippus of Soli

Q&A Has anyone ever died of laughter?

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Delphi, Greece

Danish astronomer Ole Romer (1644–1710). (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

10 astronomers you’ve (probably) never heard of

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Dwayne Johnson plays Hercules in HERCULES, from Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.
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Historian at the Movies review: Hercules . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Delphi and the Spanish empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How did it become a gesture of well-wishing to say to an actor before they go on stage

Q&A Why do we say ‘Break a leg’?

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My favourite place: Michael Scott

Illustration of the Zodiac Man

General ancient history

Q&A Why did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

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Larry Siedentrop photographed for BBC History Magazine. (Image by Geraint Lewis)

Books interview with Larry Siedentop: “What is distinctive about the west is that the organising social role is no longer the patriarchal family and instead the individual” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bust of Herodotus.

Books interview: Herodotus’s ‘The Histories’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What did the ancient Greeks do for us?

A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Poland.

Q&A Was Copernicus the first to demonstrate that the earth goes around the sun?

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Greek slavery, Victorian heroism and Dan Snow on cars . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A detail of a funerary monument from Athens, Greece depicting a squire taming a horse. Holding elaborate funerals was one of the many ways in which aristocrats broadcast their great wealth. (Photo By DEA/G.DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The trouble with luxury

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Illustration by Jonty Clark

Ye olde travel guide: Constantinople 976 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.