Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...
Wars are no longer merely battles of physical strength. They are conflicts in which intelligence, technology, and science ...
The 41st Athens Marathon kicks off with a historic race, celebrating athletic legacy and honoring the spirit of the ancient marathon.
If there was any Greek state that could stand toe-to-toe ... is a welcome corrective to the jingoism of 300. The case of ...
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...
I traveled to Athens, Greece, for the first time since I was a little kid. Most of the trip was a dream, but some experiences ...
UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to immerse themselves in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome and trace their influence through history to the present day. Students ...
The United States behaves as if it is a 21st Century ancient Athens and Rome rolled ... This led to the Peloponnesian War that destroyed both Sparta and Athens. Similarly, America and its NATO ...
A 1,700-year-old school with walls covered in Greek text referring to a passage from Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ is located in the ...
Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city. You will most likely spend the majority of your stay within central Athens near all of the city's well-known attractions.