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Nearly all historical events have both heroes as well as villains. In the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas and his brave 300 were the heroes — and Ephialtes of Trachis, the vile traitor who betrayed the Spartan army, served as...

Michael Phelps made Olympic history by breaking an ancient, 2,168-year old Olympic record for 12 individual titles; the record was held by a Greek, Leonidas of Rhodes. On Saturday, the U.S. swimmer, the most decorated in Olympic history, won his...

The Council of Appeals Court judges have requested from the Cypriot authorities to provide additional information on Leonidas Bobolas, before issuing a decision on whether he should be extradited to Cyprus. Businessman Leonidas Bobolas is wanted in Cyprus as he...

The battle of Thermopylae and the valiant fight of 300 intrepid Spartans under the guidance of warrior King Leonidas against 10,000 Persian elite soldiers is one of the greatest moments of Ancient Greece's history and provided great tales of...

100-year-old Leonidas Andrianopoulos, one of the Andrianopoulos brothers that founded Olympiacos CFP in 1925, passed away. Olympiacos FC and its athletes are  mourning the death of the last of the 5 brothers who were the first to play in an...

People of Greek origin are found everywhere, either in life or in pages of history books. Greek Civilization is the foundation of Western Culture and the names of prominent Greeks still shine through the ages

In Ancient Greece several women were defiant and established themselves as respected doctors, philosophers or mathematicians.

On January 15, 1822, Haiti located over 9,000 km (5,592 miles) away from Greece, was the first country in the world to recognize Greek independence from the Ottomans. The country's dedication to freedom and its commitment to fighting oppression is...

Throughout the history of Greece, "OXI" ("No") was exclaimed to the enemy at various times, most famously on "OXI Day." It was on the lips of Leonidas when he faced the mighty Persian army in Thermopylae many centuries ago....

The Battle of Plataea was the final battle of the second Persian invasion of Greece with  the victory of the allied Greek forces putting an end to the Persian ambitions

The Battle of Thermopylae and the fight of 300 Spartans against 10,000 elite Persian soldiers is a magnificent moment in Greece's history.

The first car appeared in Athens in 1897, more than a decade after its invention in 1886 by German inventor Carl Benz, who patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Athenians were astounded and amazed by the sight of a self-propelled vehicle. The...

The long and (mostly) illustrious history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta defines the word "legendary."

An ancient manuscript that has recently come to light indicates that in 262 AD there was another battle at Thermopylae that essentially saved Greece from the Goths. In 2007, Jana Grusková, PhD, of Masaryk University, discovered a manuscript fragment containing...

Ancient Greek Olympians left their mark on history, with many of their accomplishments recorded by the greatest historians of the times.