A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

The Trojan War supposedly involved cities from all over Greece. Which cities in particular are mentioned by Homer's Iliad?

With conflicts emerging all around the world and countless people suffering horribly, it can be hard to look beyond our ...

Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews examples of ancient battles in "Gladiator II," "The Lord of the Rings," and "House of the ...

Estimating the population of Ancient Greece is a complex task due to the lack of accurate historical records and the different time periods.

For Greece, Britain, Europe ... called to protest the surrender of its arms (TIME, Dec. 11), open warfare had raged in the ancient capital. Because the battle lines were everywhere, all Athens ...

Illus., append., notes, biblio., index. $39.95 paper. ISBN: 0715629670 Greek Warfare is a fresh, highly detailed, comprehensive look at the nature of war, warriors, and warfare in the ancient Greek ...

The Greek god of war appears in the chronicles of Hercules ... with a star-studded cast of ancient heroes. "The Iliad" takes place during the war between the Trojans and the Greeks.