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

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

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

A tough military society, Sparta had its own secret service, the Crypteia, specially trained young men for covert operations ...

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...

Odysseus: In Greek mythology, Odysseus is a character in The Iliad and the main protagonist of The Odyssey. Petros: Rock, ...

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

Girgis is familiar with the local food and business scene. He owns a local vape store as well as two restaurants: Skip’s ...

The myth-drenched locale, one of the least explored parts of Greece, has been featured on Condé Nast Traveler’s Best Places To Go 2026, because it’s a must-visit for lovers of history and Greek ...

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 ...

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

Assembled from cellphone footage shot by its subject Soraya, Mehrdad Oskouei's 'A Fox Under a Pink Moon' is a valuable ...