The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...

immortalized by works such as Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos or the Venus de Milo. That image is dead wrong, according to modern scholars. Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color ...

Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her dramatic trial.

It is a vase of Aphrodite, the goddess of love ... The vase itself is a work of art, showing the prowess of ancient Greek potters in creating such pieces and their ability to portray even the ...

the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also been discovered at the site. According to a statement ...