In the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, Athenians worshipped Eirene. Her cult reflects the political role of religion in Ancient Greece.

As a follower of Stoic philosophy, Pliny used sensory experience to try to understand the divine.

According to the extramission theory of vision, our eyes send out beams of elemental fire that spread, nerve like, to create the visual field.

What does "boredom" even mean? As both a word and a concept, boredom is not a universal phenomenon but a historical construction specific to our times.