The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

Ten years ago today, the people of Greece voted decisively in a referendum to reject the austerity program that the European ...

BC, dawned heavy with the anticipation of battle. On the plains of Mantinea, the fate of the Greek world hung in the balance.

An archaeological dig in eastern France revealed the remnants of a five-foot-high equestrian statue that likely overlooked a ...

The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have ...

ATHENS, Greece — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis . Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have performed ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have ...

So we have a rich tradition in the use and suspicion of the armed forces in local disputes, entangled with issues of race and slavery. In England of olden times, the penalty for refusing to join a ...