Josef H. Blechinger was a German soldier who became one of the greatest heroes of the resistance and saved a Greek town from ...

Socrates was a philosopher warrior, exemplifying courage, endurance and the pursuit of virtue through action as well as ...

Greece’s Defence Minister Nikos Dendias outlined the country’s new military strategy, dubbed the “Achilles’ Shield,” during a ...

Our first look at Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is here, and you'd be forgiven for thinking he's just any old ancient Greek soldier. We've known for a little while now that ...

April 18 was a tragic day: Prime Minister Alexandros Koryzis took his own life, and the Greek forces, poorly equipped to fight against armored divisions, were finally encircled. They had to surrender, ...

"We weren't actually looking for a pot of gold." Archaeologists were recently excavating a house from the third century B.C.E ...

The Trump administration’s warning last month that Europe must now take care of security in its own backyard raises troubling ...

In 1821, while Byron and Shelley briefly shared what they high-mindedly called an ‘artist’s colony’ in Pisa, along with Mary Shelley and Byron’s current squeeze Contessa Teresa ...

Tassoulas was elected President of the Republic on February 12, receiving 160 votes from the 300-seat Greek parliament ...

The Bloomsburg University Players performed the Greek tragedy “These Women of Troy” at Alvin Krause Theatre this past weekend ...

After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, he received the handover from Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the ... From his early education at the University of Athens to his long service in ...

Tasked with guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Presidential Mansion in Athens, the Evzones trace their origins to 1868, when they were established as a combatant and ceremonial force.