He was a friend of Xenophon — who was his best biographer — and an extraordinary military commander whose abilities helped maintain the hegemony of Sparta in Greece, although his lack of diplomatic ...

Who was Byzas, the legendary Greek founder of the city of Byzantium? This article examines where he was from, what he did, and when he lived.

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

In chasing “the good life,” many of us sacrifice our relationships, our health and our sanity, and still find ourselves with ...

December sparkles on Skiathos, impressive yet cozy. Pine forests, soft sand, and warm tavernas capture the optimistic, open-hearted spirit, bringing light, movement, and a sense of awe. Either an ...

According to legendary sources, Temenus is one of the most significant founding figures in the history of early Greece.

This Greek island will lift your spirits.

When it comes to the ease of use across the customer journey with Delta Cargo, targeted improvements are made across the end-to-end customer journey, focusing on making it easier for the customer to ...

Honey was similarly associated with the gods in ancient India. In the 1,028 sacred hymns of the Vedic scriptures dating from 1500 BC, many frequently mention honey (madhu in Sanskrit) and claim that ...

More than 1,000 years ago, many of the strongest leaders of the ancient world, kings, warriors, intellectuals, left their homes and traveled to a remote mountain location in Greece. They did not go to ...

The Ziggurat of Ur was a monumental mudbrick temple built around 2100 BCE, rising above the city as a lasting symbol of devotion to the Mesopotamian moon god and the power of early urban civilization.

To obtain a Google API key, please refer to the following link. The wrapper itself is MIT-licensed. You can compile and test it free of charge with Delphi CE; any recent commercial Delphi edition ...