Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world.

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece, but the impact of its unique culture is impossible to ignore.

If there was any Greek state that could stand toe-to-toe ... is a welcome corrective to the jingoism of 300. The case of ...

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While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’. Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

My wife and I were winding through the maze-like grid of paths at the sumptuous Romanos Resort, the first of four ultra-luxury hotels to open at Costa Navarino, and this was more like a dream replete ...

In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability to defend itself against ...