The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient ... the Persians burned Athens, and the Greek alliance seemed close to collapse.

I remember growing up on Hydra every summer in the 1980s, leaving Salt Lake City, Utah to go to our home on my father’s ...

The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating ...

The Allure of Barcelona Barcelona is a spectacular entry into Mediterranean cruising with its mix of Gothic architecture and ...

Bolstered by renowned texts and international trips, the Western Humanities sequence attracts many underclass students, while ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Athens city leaders have decided to make it easier for businesses that want to sell alcohol. Officials have voted to loosen the city’s alcohol ordinance, and new alcohol ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Members of Spanish and Danish royal families gathered in Athens Friday for the wedding of Nikolaos, son of Greece’s late former King Constantine II, and Chrysi ...

and the city's claim to fame was that it was actually the first capital of the modern Greek state, from 1823 to 1834, before Athens took over. Its name comes from the Venetian Napoli di Romania ...

A city in Greece swamped by tourists every year has been described as "unbearable" as pessimism grips residents. The density of people, structures and vehicles, as well as "awkward" walking on ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP ... Protesters marched through the city center, chanting “Murderers! Murderers!” as hundreds of police officers, many in riot gear, stood by.

Several thousand high school and university students blocked traffic in central Athens on Friday in an anti ... Protesters marched through the city centre, chanting "Murderers!