Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...

Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...

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Hector Vasyli’s spirit is still alive. Credit: Monumentaustralia.org The patriotic spirit of 11-year-old Greek-Australian ...

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...

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Corsica, the fourth-largest island in the Med, was once a popular destination for the Greeks of Mani who fled to escape the ...

Peanut, an eastern gray squirrel, became famous after he was rescued in 2017 by a digital creator named Mark Longo. Peanut quickly gained attention online, especially through his popular Instagram ...

The 41st Athens Marathon kicks off with a historic race, celebrating athletic legacy and honoring the spirit of the ancient marathon.

Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and Rome.

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world.