Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.

While ghastly even by ancient standards ... an impregnable city for the Helots right on Sparta’s doorstep. Now protected by ...

Was Corinth ancient Greece's sex capital? It certainly had a more relaxed approach to moral issues compared to other Greek ...

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.

The mythical conflict took place outside the walls of Troy, an ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor. But the seeds of war were sown far from there, in the city of Sparta on the Greek mainland.

Portrait of our first Champions League opponents The distance from Prague to Sparta in Greece is over 1,500 kilometres - yet ...

There’s also of course Sparta, the town famous for its soldiers, said to be direct descendants of Hercules. You can visit the ...

Unfortunately, when he reached Sparta, the city was in the middle of a religious ... Although probably the greatest runner of ancient Greece, it was not Phidippides who ran what we call a marathon.

Greece is a treasure trove of ancient history, offering a window into the past through its captivating ruins. From towering ...

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 distance from Prague to Sparta in Greece is over 1,500 kilometres - yet the famous spirit of the ancient city of Sparta ...