While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns ... That development came later in the 6th century BC, when the tyrant Pisistratus, who then ruled the city, established ...

Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time, yet with differences between ...

In 478 the walls erected around Athens enclosed an area of 3.5 square kilometers, including the Piraeus, or harbor district. The full population of the city was over 140,000, but only 40,000 of ...

Greece is a country that has enticed ... consider a visit to the Ancient Agora. Built in the 6th century BC and once the ...

Located near the Acropolis and the Benaki Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a tall and impressive marble structure that dates back to the 6th century ... associated with Athens and worth ...

It is decorated in the black-figure technique that originated in the Greek city of Corinth, but was adapted throughout Greece and beyond in the 6th century BC. When the Ure Museum acquired it ...