Ancient quotes about life and love sometimes just say things better than we can now in memes or even in modern art. Each quote seemed to be constructed so carefully that, even if you don't ...

love, and living a worthwhile life. Here's a highlight reel of the finest in ancient wisdom. We're confident they're just as applicable to the modern life in Manhattan or Hong Kong as they were to ...

Originally from London, Shetty spent three transformative years as a monk in India, immersing himself in ancient philosophy .

As a classicist, I am often asked for Greek and Roman reflections on love for holidays and weddings. I usually admit at the outset that ancient ideas about love rarely match modern expectations. Take, ...

The story of Philinnion is about a ghost in ancient Greece, a maiden who returned from the grave to make love to a human.

The ancient Greeks were just as sophisticated in the way they talked about love, recognizing six different varieties. They would have been shocked by our crudeness in using a single word both to ...

But if you cannot find that card, you can always turn to the ancient Greek who loved being a card. Love is what happens, Aristophanes reminds us, when, “lost in an amazement and friendship and ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...