It’s not surprising to see naked women in Classical art. If anything, it’s expected. However, female bodies and nudity are ...
Phryne the Thespian was a famed courtesan of Athens, better known for the court case she won by baring her breasts. Her actual name was Mnesarete but people referred to her as Phryne (“toad”) because ...
Marble quarries of Paros, Greece. Credit: Vicky Kyriakopoulou/Paros Ancient Marble Quarries Park AMKE The long-neglected marble quarries of Paros—once the source of many of ancient Greece’s sculptural ...