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

The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

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

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

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

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature, including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is ...

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 ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... the Persians may well have conquered Greece. Later in the same century, however, Athens found itself at war with its ferocious former ally ...

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.