Spartan general Pausanias lived a life which encapsulated the Ancient Greek city state, killed by his own people for ...

According to Plato, love’s aim is not to complete us, but to inspire us to grow and become the best human being we can be.

Apollo is one of the most important gods in Greek mythology. A son of Zeus and one of the 12 Olympians, Apollo was the god of ...

At Elis, where the Olympic games were held, Pausanias described an altar to Nike set up next to one for Zeus. Lyric poets such as Pindar and Bacchylides wrote dozens of victory poems to ...