Ancient Greeks

The 15 Embarrassments of the Ancient World

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.16.2012

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World's first fraternity party. Photo: Getty Images/ ZoneCreative What do the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Mausoleu...

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Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male

Peter McAllister | Posted 11.17.2011

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I wondered how many other stories about the extraordinary abilities of pre-modern men were true. I decided to find out, starting with that most male of characteristics: physical strength.

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Fall of Spider-Man Director Is Not "Stuff of Greek Drama"

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone connected with this over-hyped, accident-riddled mega-production -- at $65 million, Broadway's most expensive -- needs to take a long, deep breath and, at long last, get a reality check.

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QQ3 With Ruby Sky Stiler

Timothy Hull | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ruby Sky Stiler's current show, Inherited and Borrowed Types, is a chapter title excerpted from A Handbook of Greek Sculpture, a dusty old book she found at a yard sale years ago.

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Mad Men Season 4, Episode 6 -- Dissolving Identity and the Female Gaze

Janet Turley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don, the ultimate charlatan, is imploding under his identity crisis. He's so drunk throughout most of the episode that he becomes unconscious of his actions.

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Perfecting the Paranoid Style in 500 BC and 2009

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Glenn Beck's days as the center of attention are numbered, as David Brooks claims they are, it will not be because of his coarseness or his rejectionism, but because of his imperviousness to doubt.

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"There Are Tears in Things, and Mortality Touches the Mind"

Tim O'Reilly | Posted 11.17.2011

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We visited the Athenian Agora and the Archaeological Museum, and in both places, it was the touch of mortality that brought the most significance to the day.

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The Best Medicine

Caroline Hirsch | Posted 11.17.2011

As the economy collapses and political scandals keep flaring up like bad rashes, where should America turn for answers? What's going to keep us from falling apart? The answer: laughter.

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Internet Users More Mobile, Curious And Able To Unite Against Religious Right

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama might become the first president in U.S. history to be able to get real participation from the people by harnessing the web to weave new coalitions and bring people together to solve problems.

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Original Meaning of the Olympic Games

Alex Pattakos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though the ancient Olympic Games were fiercely competitive, their peaceful nature was always a distinguishing characteristic that made them unique.

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Ancient Greek "Computer" Deciphered

Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Times reports: The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes called the first analog computer, was recovered more than a century ago in the wrec...

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Odysseus' Return Date From Trojan War Discovered, Scholars Say

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date whe...

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Did The Ancient Greeks Practice Brain Surgery?

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011

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Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young...

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