Apr 7, 2012 · As far as I can tell, "Grecian" and "Greek" both mean "of or pertaining to Greece." Is there any difference at all between them?

Apr 9, 2021 · Hornblower is only 17 at the time of this exchange, so it must be something pre-university, but I cannot find any more information to suggest what being a Grecian actually …

Jul 8, 2021 · Inspired by this statue of (ostensibly) Clementia, Roman goddess (figure from Wiki). How do we know this is Clementia? The Wiki article on Clementia says "In traditional …

Apr 7, 2017 · Those are explicitly text-related. Generally speaking, the term for "a person who prefers to communicate in writing as opposed to via a phone call" is anyone under 40.

Nov 22, 2017 · A word ending with e usually doesn't have a vowel at the end like bike and strike, so why is Nike different?

Apr 3, 2016 · There are quotes, attributed to a king of Mesopotamia, and to Socrates and Hesiod, about how lazy the youth are, and how things were better when they were kids. Unfortunately, …

In Old Tales Retold from Grecian Mythology in Talks Around the Fire (1876) by Augusta Larned (as at google books), it is stated that To escape Scylla only to fall on Charybdis ‘has become a …

A study published in the August, 2017 issue of Nature claims to have established a link between the modern Greek population and the Mycenaeans based on DNA analysis from ancient …

I have been searching for instructions on how to make a proper chiton and himation, but can't find anything with a good level of detail and historical accuracy. Could someone point me to such a …

I am interested in sources (reference author, work, paragraph/fragment) describing the view ancient Greeks held about people of African descent. By that I mean those whom they called …