Alexander the Great, who turned the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon into one of the largest empires the world has ever seen, claimed to be descended from mythic hero Heracles (aka Hercules).

Incorporating Greek philosophy The word “cosmos” comes from ancient Greece, where it signified not simply the universe, but the universe as a harmonious, well-ordered whole.

Rising to the challenge This Doric column belonged to a circular Greek temple, or tholos, erected in the fourth century B.C. at Thonis-Heracleion, an ancient port at the mouth of the Nile.

Ancient Greek kingdoms existed in China, and there was a significant spread of Hellenism in Asia, including in Japan and ...

The Discobolus reflects a major trend in Ancient Greek art Poseidon or Zeus bronze sculpture, also known as the Artemision Bronze, by Kalamis (480-460 B.C.E.).

The Battle of Salamis happened during the earlier half of the Greco-Persian Wars, a string of conflicts between ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid, or Persian, Empire that historians say ...

In the Western Peloponnese, archaeologists have unearthed a monumental discovery that reshapes the understanding of ancient Greek religious practices. Near the coastal village of Samikon, a ...

Greek thinkers include Epicurus, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle (center), Ptolemaios, Apollo, Athena, Herakleitos, Diogenes of Sinope, Plotinos, Hypatia and Alexander the Great.

The Greek historian Thucydides documented the dramatic and conflicting loyalties of the inhabitants of Notion and nearby cities. This area occupied a border region between the Persian and Athenian ...