While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The wellness destination Euphoria Retreat provides services to heal the body and mind in the ancient fortress town of medieval Mystras.

For decades, a scattering of ruins in southeastern Europe was dismissed as little more than an unremarkable military outpost, ...

It is widely believed that there were more poets in Sparta during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. than in any other Greek city-state. Full citizens had ample time for entertainments because ...

An 1888 illustration shows a bust of the ancient Greek historian and general Thucydides, known as “the father of scientific history.” Science Photo Library Herodotus tells us the two Spartan ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece, but the impact of its unique culture is impossible to ignore.

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...