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Netanyahu and the pro-Spartan Athenians

If it's the Battle of Thermopylae that caught the premier's admiration, he should note that the Spartans all died - and the ...
The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) is one of the most famous last stands in history. However, the Spartans did not march to Thermopylae alone ...
Fierce? Yes. Tough? You bet. But the true history of the Greek civilization had a lot more nuance Myke Cole Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up ...
Led by their king, Leonidas, the Spartans knew they were marching to their death from the moment they left home. A force of 300 against a legendary army of millions, the Spartans knew that whatever ...
The once-in-a-lifetime journey continues for KTBS 3's Rick Rowe and his fellow travelers. They are making amazing memories as they explore Ancient Greece on their vacation with Collette. One of the ...
As the sun set on a summer Saturday a century ago, a dentist named Hiram Wesley Evans arrived at a Scott Township farm where as thousands of men already were gathered. In between pulling teeth, Evans ...
Part 1 deals with the arrival of the Dorian settlers into the Eurotas valley, with a discussion of the dark-age culture that lived there before, that of Menelaus, and his wife Helen (known to history ...