Why is the ancient Greek man Pheidippides, the greatest runner in world history ... This story has to do with the desperate days of the Persian invasion of Greece. Pheidippides’ “Marathon Run” was ...

The famous conqueror’s burial location remains a mystery, but new research claims that material found in one of the iconic ...

Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.

Philotimo’ dates back millennia, and although can’t be translated into a single word in the English language to this day, is ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. People prayed to these gods for the same reasons we pray today: for health and safety, for prosperity, for a good harvest ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... Only a very powerful ruler could control all Greece. One man did in the 300s BC. He was Alexander the Great, from Macedonia.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single ... The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece a few times but the Greeks managed to fight them off. The Greeks led by Alexander the Great defeated the ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men ... “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle branch to the man reclining next to him who was ...

Ancient Greece had a variety of systems. Apart from being great traders, the Greeks were relatively wealthy ... in his work "The Constitution of Man", these four humors make up a human's body ...

The island of Aegina is one of the most popular Greek spots thanks to its proximity to Athens, but few know that for a short ...

If you're on the hunt for a travel destination with international appeal, one Greek island has you covered, as its the home ...

To make a serious comparison between Confucianism and ancient Greek philosophy, one must look further back, to the many ...