The ancient city of Troy was located along the ... said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. When Paris departed Greece, he left with Helen by his side, enraging the Spartan leader.

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...

This large island with two deep bays gave the map its name and propelled it to fame and notoriety. To the right of the island, a Latin label reads ... (experts in ancient writing), including ...

The people of ancient Greece are known for many things, but have we ever thought about what their relationship with the environment was?

This book is the only up-to-date general introduction to ancient Greek sport now available in English. Its subjects include the origins and history of the Olympic games, athletic nudity, ...

Ancient Greece had some famous priestesses who played a significant role in the religious and cultural life of the time.

Tourism in Ancient Times The travel practices of the Augustans have lent insight as to what the ancients were like as tourists. Emperor Augustus ruled Rome from 27 B.C.E. to 14 A.D., and there is ...

Plato and Plutarch were not the only thinkers in ancient Greece who explored queer ways of living. Poets, historians, and playwrights often showed different manners of sexuality and identity in ...

When was Ancient Greece? How did ancient Greece begin? The first Olympic games and new discoveries How was Greece ruled? Activities About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important ...

Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been ...