Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us ...

Greece and Costa Rica share an unexpected connection: the Latin American country is home to three towns with Greek names.

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

In Washington, a decade of rancorous polarization just gave us the longest ever government shutdown. But one belief has ...

Quincy High School's drama program presents "The Women of Troy," the tragic retelling of the Trojan War as experience by ...

A little over 200 years ago, the Greeks began their war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had conquered most of ...

In other games played on Thursday, New Athens defeated Metro-East Lutheran 56-21, Trenton Wesclin won over Springfield Sacred ...

On the evening of June 10, 1953, Markley briefed his men from K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment before sending them to their posts. His roughly 150 soldiers would defend a hilltop outpost barely 400 ...

As the government weighs up letting China build a controversial ‘super-embassy’ in London, MI5 has warned that the country’s ...