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

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

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.

SPARTA, Greece, Aug. 25 (UPI) --On Tuesday, Greece's culture ministry announced the discovery of an ancient Mycenaean palace near Sparta. The palatial remnants were unearthed at the archaeological ...

After the defeat of Persia, the city-states of Sparta and Athens started a long and exhausting war for dominance. As the silver mines became exhausted, Athens quickly lost its prominent role and ...

If there was any Greek state that could stand toe-to-toe with Sparta on the battlefield, it was Thebes, mythical home of Oedipus and bad-boy of Greece for taking the side of the Persians in 480.

‘The Muse of History’ Review: Ancient Greece’s Long Shadow Historians have for centuries viewed their own eras via comparisons to ancient Athens and Sparta.

Sparta’s theater, shown here, was built by the Romans in 30 B.C. The site was built near the ancient shrine of Athena Chalkioikos, patron of Sparta.

The myth of Sparta’s martial prowess owes much of its power to a storied feat of heroism accomplished by Leonidas, king of Sparta and hero of the celebrated Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.C.).

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