Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek mythology?

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae, not far from the Greek fleet, that was anchored off the nearby ...

Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now ...

As a system of government, democracy quickly spread to a number of other leading city-states, despite the authoritarian grip of Sparta on the Greek world. However, Sparta's dominance was not to last.

Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women. For example, they could run the family farm. Spartan mothers told their sons before they left for battle, "Come back with your shield ...

Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women. For example, they could run the family farm. Spartan mothers told their sons before they left for battle, "Come back with your shield ...