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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This 1,600-year-old skull has revealed that ancient Greeks performed complicated brain surgery. "The surgical operation is ...

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 ...