Gorgias the philosopher challenged reality, truth, and knowledge in ancient Greece, centuries before modern nihilism emerged.

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A British man received a suspended sentence after attempting to sell Cycladic figurines through Sotheby’s using forged 1976 ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

The usual suspects are up in arms at the news Lupita Nyong’o will play the mythic beauty in the new movie The Odyssey. Our Writer at Large ...

The polarising translator of the Odyssey and the Iliad sets out her philosophy in this fascinating collection ...

Aleshea Harris wrote “Is God Is” with the assumption that it would never be performed as a play, let alone turned into a ...

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Christopher Nolan casting Lupita Nyong'o and Travis Scott in The Odyssey has given birth to wild conspiracy theories linked ...

The first-time feature screenwriter and director makes a major impression with ‘Is God Is.’ She gets into a spoilery chat on ...