The temple is located on the Aegean coast about 38 km east of Athens, and at a...
History & Museums
One of the world’s most significant battle grounds can be found at Marathon. The Marathon battle marked...
The Marathon Race is globally known because it was born by a real historic and heroic event....
Ancient Greek religion was essentially propitiatory in nature: i.e., based on the notion that to avoid misfortune,...
Olympia: Amongst shady pine, olive and oak trees, in a valley between Mount Kronos and the Alfios...
(died 323 B.C.) Alexander The Great By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden IT being my...
(450-404 BC) When the philosopher Socrates was tried and convicted, in 399 BC, for corrupting the young...
Just like his contemporary Sappho, Alcaios lived on Lesbos. It has sometimes been suggested that the two...
(444-360 BC) King of Sparta who came to the throne after Lysander had helped him declare his...
(360-289 BC) Ruler of Syracusae whose greatest enemies were the oligarchs. He was the son of a...
