Athens and Sparta were both powerful Greek city-states but their values, systems, and ambitions clashed violently. This video ...

The bars and tavernas of ancient Greece, known as kapeleia, were the mainstay of popular life in ancient cities.

In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability to defend itself against ...

Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

The Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta and the Struggle for Greece Nigel Bagnall, . . St. Martin's, $27.95 (318pp) ISBN 978-0-312-34215-9 ...

The great mass of waters killed many thousands of people by drowning … the lifeless bodies of shipwrecked persons lay ...

As the silver mines became exhausted, Athens quickly lost its prominent role and in 371 BCE, Sparta was defeated by Thebes, another city-state in central Greece.

Paul Cartledge, in “Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece,” puts the city back on the cultural map, and makes a case for the Theban general Epaminondas as the Nelson of his day.

Probably the most famous account of a plague from ancient Greece comes from Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War,” a generation-long war between the city-states of Athens and Sparta from 432 ...

State Sovereignty in Ancient Greece, and What Came of It. Share full article Nov. 12, 1864 The New York Times Archives ...