The Spartan-Persian peace, known as the peace of Antalcidas , marked Greek divisions, and symbolized Persian dominance in ...

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

ONE rainy June afternoon I found myself in Sparta. The modern Sparta is called a thriving town, and as a token of its thrift the good people were grading some of the principal streets, and it was hard ...

The recent discovery of the ancient palace near Sparta might help archaeologists provide an insight into one of the most mysterious civilizations in Greek history. Greek Ministry of Culture A team of ...

The city state of Sparta, in many respects, was different from Athens. Geographically it was situated in a mountainous area which isolated it from other cities. The state was founded in 10th century ...

Archaeologists in Greece discovered what may be a Spartan palace from the ancient Mycenaean civilization. Tablets written in Linear B script, the earliest known written language of the Greek people, ...

It is a quirk of history and geography that Yokohama, rather than Tokyo, has long been the place to go if you're looking for Greek food. Yokohama is where the freighters docked and, inevitably, some ...