Ancient Greece

Charles Seltman

Charles Seltman helps explain the mysteries of the Diopet.

Charles Seltman analyses the role of the darker deity in Ancient Greece. Second of a two part series. The first part can be read here.

Charles Seltman visits the Holiest Place of the Greeks. Part I of a two part series. Second part can be read here.

Oliver Stone’s 2004 film Alexander portrayed the great Macedonian king as bisexual. Was he also a transvestite? Tony Spawforth looks to uncover the truth.

James Romm examines some intriguing new theories about a long-standing historical mystery.

Contemporary culture places a high premium on novelty. Armand D’Angour argues that we should consider the more balanced views about old and new found in classical Greece.

Robin Waterfield looks at the influence of the mother of Alexander the Great in the years following her son’s death.

Michael Scott looks at how a time of crisis in the fourth century BC proved a dynamic moment of change for women in the Greek world.

At the end of the 19th century, British antiquarian Arthur Evans sought to ‘re-enchant’ the world with his utopian interpretation of Crete’s ancient Minoan civilisation.