ancient Athens

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in the long pageant of Greek history; appearing in many of the age-old legends of Greek mythology, it was part of the Mycenaean civilization during the Bronze Age. Later becoming...

Found interspersed among the rocky terrain of the Acropolis of Athens is a small plant with pink flowers, the micromeria acropolitana.

No other ancient historian the likes of Thucydides has ever written a book as insightful on the mechanisms and morals of war as History of the Peloponnesian War. The history of the armed conflict between ancient Greece's most emblematic city-states,...

Ancient Athens had its own "Great Wall" like China's that started from Mount Aigaleo and reached Parnitha Mountain, built to stop raids during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). The great stone structure that is 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) long connects...

In the rugged and sunny shores of ancient Greece, where philosophy reshaped our world and democracy took its first baby steps, clothing played a fundamental role in defining people’s standing and personalities. The clothes the early Greek men and women...

The first realistic depiction of an outpatient clinic in ancient Greece is on a drawing on a small vase created in Athens around 470 B.C. now on display at the Louvre Museum in France. The drawing on the vase called...

For centuries, Greece dominated the Mediterranean in both cultural and political terms. However, it was eventually surpassed by Rome. Nonetheless, Greece did not disappear into obscurity in the Roman Empire. It continued to be a major player on the...

This remarkable Corinthian-style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly found in 1834 with a human skull still inside. It now forms part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collections, but originally it was discovered by George Nugent-Grenville, who was...

In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art, literature, and thought flourished, and it ultimately defines our image of Ancient Greece. by Patrick Garner In the 21st century, much of what the world thinks of as...

The bars and tavernas of ancient Greece, known as kapeleia, were the mainstay of popular life in ancient cities. The Ancient Greek elite preferred to drink at private parties known as symposia. The Greek symposium was a key Hellenic social institution....