Council of Nicaea, 2024
In 325, the Council of Nicaea met under the guiding hand of newly Christian Emperor Constantine I, and put together a Creed that would define …
In 325, the Council of Nicaea met under the guiding hand of newly Christian Emperor Constantine I, and put together a Creed that would define …
Situated squarely between mainland Greece, Turkey, and Crete, the Cycladic Islands sat at the heart of the Bronze Age Mediterranean world. The spiral-shaped volcanic island …
Written by Carrinna Muncy āGoddess, sing of the cataclysmic wrath of great Achilles, son of Peleus.ā This is the first line of Homerās Iliad, which …
A Brief Disclaimer For the sake of literary analysis, Iām going to discuss Achilles here as if he is one single character. In reality, there …
The Islamic Golden Age is known for the explosion of scientific and artistic innovation produced by Muslim communities in the Medieval Era. Not only did …
What comes to mind when you think of prehistoric civilizations in North America? The Aztec pyramids in Mexico? Or maybe the cities carved into stone …
Merchants did it, royals did it…Time to dive into fraudulence in the medieval Mediterranean!
“‘Here I am,’ I thought, ‘climbing around in an ancient tomb in a country I have always dreamed of visiting. I know this tomb, and I know what I’m looking at. This is what I want to do. Everything in my life is coming together.'”
How do two of the most prominent medieval poets approach the fate of Greek heroes of old?