Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in antiquity. The ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese in Greece, Sparta was a warrior society where males aged seven ...

In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

That resonance may account for the flurry of Ancient Greek tragedies ... Victory went to Sparta. It’s not difficult to see Sparta as a fascist state from the vantage point of today.

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

Originating mainly from conquered regions like Messenia, the Helots were essential to the Spartan economy, allowing the ...

Born in the 11th century BCE, Eurysthenes was the twin son of Aristodemus, himself a descendant of Heracles. He became the ...

Corinthian helmets, named after the ancient Greek city-state of Corinth ... by warriors from many other Greek city-states, including Sparta. Snodgrass wrote in his book "The Greek Armory" that ...

The best victory isn’t the loudest or most violent—it’s the one that makes your opponent run for the hills. Psychological ...