Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists. The ancient city-state, which walked the line between legend and history, is often assumed to have fallen off the map at some point in antiquity.

Sparta, in the south ... there wasn't just a theatre here, there was a stadium, a running track, a gymnasium, and an odeon, which is the ancient Greek word for a music hall. And at first, you ...

Theater had become a way to unite the warring factions of ancient Greece — the very same divisions that would undo democracy in Athens after Sparta ... Festival at the Theatre of Dionysus ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Celebrating the cunning victory of the ancient ... Theatre. With the theme “The Trojan Horse,” the tableau was faithful to lore of old … with some plot twists. Just as the king of Sparta ...

The statue was found at Sparta’s sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos, a temple of special significance to Spartan soldiers. Alamy/ACI In the same vein, various ancient philosophers and orators ...