At the height of its prestige, Athens was the dominant maritime power in the Aegean, enjoying hegemony at sea.

Life for women in most city-states of Ancient Greece was not very easy, but priestesses had powers that gave them high status ...

The average person in ancient Greece wasn't fighting monsters-they might have been a farmer, a physician, or a practitioner ...

Ancient streets in Athens, Greece create a backdrop for a journey through history and contemporary life. The city setting ...

Metallic debris from space that survived its fiery descent through Earth’s atmosphere may have served as jewelry for ancient ...

The Odyssey is a Greek epic poem describing the decade-long peregrinations of one of the Greek heroes of the Trojan War, ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens where a now-sunken city once stood. Scientists found a partially submerged ...