The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

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Sports also served military purposes in a ancient Greece, especially in Sparta where all citizens received stoic military training from early childhood, in almost the same sports as in ancient China.

The people of ancient Greece are known for many things, but have we ever thought about what their relationship with the ...

The palaestra, with its spacious courtyard, was particularly important for wrestling and other combat sports. It's a testament to the dedication and discipline that characterized the ancient athletes.

During the end of Greece’s Bronze Age, between approximately 1700 and 1100 B.C., Mycenaean civilization flourished throughout the Peloponnesian Peninsula.

Admission to Ancient Thera costs 6 euros (about $6.50). The site is open Thursday through Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. You can reach the site via bus from Kamari, by car or on foot.

Photo: Ministry of Culture, Greece. The orchestra pit, meanwhile, was discovered carved into natural rock in a perfect circle some 54 feet in diameter. A stone frame encircles it.

Athens, Greece was founded more than 5,000 years ago and houses works of historic architecture such as the Acropolis, begun in 447 B.C.E. Greek culture flourished in this Greek city-state during ...