A classic Greek history puts our current turmoil in context

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...
Greek Reporter

Social Class in Ancient Greece: Sparta and Athens

The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ancient Greece.
Proto ThemaOpinion

The “wounds” of the Greek people: The bloody history of national divisions — From antiquity to the Civil War and the toxicity of social media

For thousands of years, Greeks have been divided among themselves. From civil wars during the 1821 Revolution and the early ...
Greek Reporter

The Story of the Real Marathon Run in Ancient Greece

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back -- not just from Marathon ...
EUobserverOpinion

Panicked by superpowers, mini-states seek EU cover

Small European states now seek protection through deeper EU ties amid growing global power rivalries. The latest example is ...
Sky HISTORY UK TV Channel

Happy birthday Sky HISTORY! Historical moments featuring the number 30

It’s now 30 years since Sky HISTORY first burst onto TV screens. How apt, then, that the number 30 has played a major part in quite a few historical ...