Nicias was a complex figure of classical Greek history, a great general with superb diplomatic skills who managed to achieve ...

Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name means "nightmare" in Greek is regarded as one of the most notorious traitors in the history of Greece.

From Crete’s car-free fishing harbors to Thessaly’s ancient Neolithic settlements, Greece’s villages are living museums of culture, history, and hospitality. Each region offers its own rhythm, where ...

From Sicily’s Greek temples to Crete’s Minoan palaces and Meteora’s cliff-top monasteries, Greece and Italy offer living history woven into daily life. These UNESCO-recognized sites are not just ...

Greece, the wellspring of Western civilization, has a continuity of existence from ancient times to the present day. In spite of multiple depredations inflicted on the country over millennia, Greek ...

I read Homer in High School. And slowly, in my college classes in ancient, medieval, and modern Greek history, I realized Homer’s epic poems were at the very core of Hellenic civilization. The more I ...

c.3000 B.C.: The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations are bora in Crete and the Peloponnesos. c.1100: The Dorians, a Greek tribe, invade Greece from the north and put an end to Aegean civilization. 850?