Greece

The story of Persephone and Hades is one of the most famous in Greek mythology: Persephone, the Greek goddess of…

The sculptor Chares could well have remained an unknown student of the great Lysippos if he had not become the…

What has a beginning will inevitably come to an end. As tragic as they may seem, wars have a crucial…

Atlantis, the mythological island that disappeared in a single day, is well-known. Who was the first to find out about…

Homer and Herodotus tell us of a clan of Amazons, female warriors who once dwelt on the Black Sea’s coasts…

The Arkadiko Bridge, along the contemporary route from Tirynthos to Epidavros in the Peloponnese, Greece, is the world’s oldest bridge…

What was ancient Greece’s legacy? By creating new technologies and building new governance systems such as democracy, architecture, athletics, art,…

Sparta is commonly portrayed as an ancient Greek city full of fearless and strong warriors. However, little is known about…

The Valley of the Butterflies is a unique nature reserve located in Rhodes, about 27 km from the capital. This…

Modern society imagines the Druids as fairy-tale wizards, but this is just a myth. These people lived in the British…

Bronze tan, a myriad of scars, and an athletic physique are most contemporaries' images of Roman gladiators.

The strongest state of the ancient world at the end of the fifth century B.C. was Sparta. The Greeks admired…