Herodotos (c.490–c.425 BCE) and Thucydides (c.460– c.399 BCE) were great Hellenic / Greek historians. They wrote during the fifth century BCE, about 700 years after Homer. The time of Herodotos and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hellas: A Lyrical Drama, composed soon after the Greek war of independence broke out in 1821, is not generally ...

The ancient Greeks famously invented democracy. But what was Greek democracy actually like - and how was it different from the 21st-century kind? What's in a word?We may live in a very different and ...

Among the enduring contributions of the Greek empire to Western society is the foundation of democratic society. But what did the development of Athenian democracy actually involve? One of the ...

Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.

The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University began in 1828, just a few years after the Greek War of Independence started.

Every four years, the Olympic Games are watched by billions of people around the world, who marvel at the athletes' extraordinary abilities. And, for those who know what to look for, some of the ...

The Greek occupation of Western Anatolia after World War I and the events that occurred during this era continue to be a subject of debate. Greece and its supporters in the Western public portray the ...