Sirens entered Greek art as a part of the decoration on Orientalizing tripod cauldrons, which were introduced to Greece in the so-called Orientalizing period (mid-8th to mid-7th centuries B.C.E.), ...

An ancient Greek vase on loan from the British Museum is the highlight of a new exhibition in Hull. Sirens, Women and the Sea is being shown at the Ferens Art Gallery until 5 March.

The styles used to depict animals in Orientalizing Greek art, then, can sometimes hint at which specific Near Eastern civilizations the Greeks were in contact with. Mythical creatures, including ...

An ancient Greek vase on loan from the British Museum is the highlight of a new exhibition in Hull. Sirens, Women and the Sea is being shown at the Ferens Art Gallery until 5 March. The exhibition ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...