Surrounded by the Cyclopean walls, the ancient Greek city of Tiryns predated Mycenae and later became part of the Mycenaean ...

Outnumbered and undaunted, Spartan warriors and other Greek troops held firm in the face of Persia's might, until treachery brought King Xerxes' fury down upon them in 480 B.C. Undaunted“By this time ...

On the Athenian side was a rather colourful strategos, or general. This relatively young man's name was Alcibiades, and his ...

On the eve of the Peloponnesian War in 432 BC, the wise king of Sparta, Archidamus, was summoned to address a clash between the Corinthians and Athenians. Corinth, an ally of Sparta, warned that ...

The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are also believed to have been built during ...

The Bafta winners are travelling back 2,500 years to discover what the philosophy, art and culture of ancient Greece can tell us about ourselves and our own civilisation Rob and Rylan's passage to ...

Sometimes we find the causes of crime and violence in specific psychological factors; but not always. The ancient Melian ...

I refer to the Greek “world,” because it was in no way united as the modern state of Greece is. A complex, rich, and diverse history. Greekness was what brought most of the fiercely independent Greek ...

Last year the ever-candid, mischievous novelist, who has died age 88, was quizzed by Observer readers and celebrity fans from ...

Admirers of ancient Greek mythology cannot help but be fascinated by the life of Clytemnestra, a most intriguing figure.

Seven years after the end of the war, when the rest of the kings of Greece had already returned, or their deaths had been confirmed, a number of suitors arrived at Odysseus’ home to try to force a ...