Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the Spartans. Falling prey to “Laconophilia,” some began to adopt the mannerisms and even dress like their ...

Sparta and Athens. Names recognizable across the globe. They were once the powerhouses of Ancient Greece, and it was the ...

Ready to rumble: Gerard Butler in the film 300, based on the Battle of Thermopylae. In reality, Sparta offers a message for any elitist power that ignores the needs of those it rules. Photo / Getty ...

Now that the war in Gaza appears to have come to an end and Hamas has returned the remaining 20 living hostages to their families, we can fully expect Israel’s enemies and other critics across the ...

The agoras of the ancient Greek city-states were open areas for people to assemble for everything from political gatherings to public debates. Ancient Agora is the most popular of its kind, thanks in ...

Do you ever feel disconnected from politics and politicians? Many of us want to improve our communities but it's not always easy to find the right ways of helping. Perhaps the answer is to reconnect ...

The iron constructions inevitably hid certain details and altered the aesthetic experience on the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis, however the scaffolding is set to return for restoration work to ...

Visitors to Athens are now being treated to a sight not witnessed in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the iconic Parthenon temple. Strolling along the broad pedestrian street at the ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as the ...

Athens sprawls across the Attica Basin, a valley surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges and on the fourth by the Saronic Gulf. Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ...