According to ancient Greek texts, this was a land of eternal spring, inhabited by a race of giants who lived for a thousand years without disease or war. They called it Hyperborea, a realm existing ...

Who needs a Euro-Summer when the St. Louis County Greek Fest brings all the best from Greece to Town and Country? Bite into ...

Following a years-long restoration, the Palace of the Despots at the medieval castle town of Mystras has fully opened its ...

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...

Alexander the Great accomplished so much so soon so young that he rightly earned the honor of heroic greatness. He was definitely a hero and a genius. His mother Olympias tried to convince him he was ...

Glory in Ancient Greece centered on kleos, the pursuit of fame and lasting remembrance after death and mortality.

Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...

Long before Athens dominated the ancient world or Sparta became a legendary military power, Greece passed through a ...

In a quiet street in the heart of the Greek capital stands a massive sand-colored classical building, held by elegant columns as if ripped straight from ancient Greek civilization. This is the ...

Did political decentralization foster classical civilization? That is one of the central claims of this fascinating new work of analytical history by the Stanford political scientist and classicist ...

Discover how one expat enjoys Greece's hidden gem of Nafplio, with stunning views, rich culture and affordable living costs.