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

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 assembly responded by declaring war on Sparta. Pericles insisted that Athens ... that he made one of the most famous speeches of Ancient Greek history, called the Funeral Oration.

Women in Ancient Greece had limited rights, particularly in Athens, where they were often regarded as property. However, in ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

In America, a new model is being proposed, one that harks back to the ancient world and the work of Thucydides, the historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Prof Graham ...

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 ...

In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability to defend itself against ...