From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and artists.

The president of Cyprus says the European Union is “strongly displeased” with Turkish government warnings that it would ...

An AP photographer captured a visual story about Father Spyridon, the monk depicted in the image, using the clouds to give ...

Sanctions date back to antiquity, with the "Megarian Decree" issued by Athenian statesman Pericles in 432 BC being the first recorded ...

Athens' Long Walls prompted distrust and eventual war 2,500 years ago. Nato is the most obvious 'Pericles Wall' of our times Much has been said about Thucydides' trap, but few talk about Pericles' ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

for Timon of Athens, Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Les Miserables, Director of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Othello, Best Director (Outer Critics Circle ...

ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The morning of Nov. 14, an Athens city employee received an email from an accountant with the construction company building the new fire station. He asked if the city’s ...

Severe weather struck in Athens on Sunday. An outbreak of storms that's generated multiple tornados across the southern U.S. reached Georgia early Sunday, and the National Weather Service has ...

But there seemed to be more possibilities in Greece, particularly Athens. Although it had its ... The world of Pericles and Socrates was the ideal even if they idealized it. The problem was ...