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

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 ...

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

After one particularly tense standoff, he won the central Greek city of Megara to Sparta’s cause, then marched north, cleverly outmaneuvering the Athenian-allied Thessalians deliberately to ...

The ties between Merri-bek and Sparta have been preserved after a motion was successfully passed in council to maintain the ...