The Greeks lost 40 ships, the Persians 200. Unable to keep his land army supplied Xerxes was forced to flee back to his empire, parts of which, encouraged by the Greeks' success, had already ...

To most people, the Golden Greeks are Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos, the argonauts who have built fortunes of $500 million each and cut a swath in international society. The two old ...

Greeks, to put it mildly, love food. The idea of walking into my Greek grandmother's home and saying, "I'm not hungry," makes me laugh to this day. She would never allow visitors, friends, and ...

We know the “dog days” as one of the hottest times of the year. The ancient Greeks thought they came from a star that drove dogs and people to madness.