Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill ...

Hundreds of firefighters backed by six waterbombing aircraft battled the blaze that broke out on Sunday near the village of Varnavas 35 km (20 miles) north of Athens. Stoked by gale-force winds ...

We can’t mention Jan. 6, 2021 without outrage on either side, but a little nugget of American history is the date Aug. 1, 1946. On that day, the Battle of ...

The thirty tyrants of Athens were only in power for eight months but still managed to kill five percent of the city's population.

The battle itself was actually a series of battles ... had attempted to forge an alliance with Athens against Sparta. When his terms were rudely rejected the satrap briefly occupied Athens ...