Roman mosaic with aulos player. Wikimedia Commons. Indeed, ancient Greek music has long posed a maddening enigma. Yet music was ubiquitous in classical Greece, with most of the poetry from around ...

The ancient Greeks developed an advanced plumbing system that provided water to homes and public buildings like baths. A notable example is the 6th-century B.C. aqueduct built to supply Athens.

The classic Greek epic poem The Iliad attributed to Homer regales the listener with tales of the siege of Troy. The World According to Sound podcast reads it as intended — aloud and in ancient ...