Anacharsis, the Greek philosopher from Scythia, was known for his wisdom, simple lifestyle and critiques of Greek customs and ...

Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...

Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the Greek kingdom of Egypt. Arguably it was the most enlightened, wealthy, and powerful of all ...

Can you give just a general definition of what's meant by the term the Hellenistic world? The Hellenistic world is that world that was created after the conquests of the near east by Alexander the ...

Greece's prime ministers and cabinet must submit a plan to European creditors. — -- While Greek thinkers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are known as some of Western civilization's greatest ...

Greece had two golden ages. The first took place after the Greeks defeated the Persians in early fifth century BCE. During the fifty years between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, 479 – 431 ...

In the early days of the Christian Church, the supranational, one-world ideal founded by Alexander the Great and perpetuated in the Roman Empire was very much alive. Although Greece as a nation was ...

Greek is an invaluable aspect of civilization and humanity. It has been spoken continuously for more than 2000 years and has ...

Following the backlash over his remarks on Greek philosophy, Albania's PM Edi Rama clarified that his comments were intended ...