Rome's Galleria Borghese art gallery is offering an unusual Valentine's Day experience, taking its visitors on a journey through the many faces of love, as embodied by the goddess Venus.

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

As part of the Geleceğe Miras (Legacy for the Future) project, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced a ...

Perhaps most recognizable as a Hawaiian hello, Aloha has a far deeper meaning: "love." The word is used in many contexts to ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...