Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

FIU Theatre is taking viewers to ancient Greece in its upcoming production of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. The comedic tale follows a woman, Lysistrata, who seeks to end the Peloponnesian War between ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. ... Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404BC.

During the rapid degradation of Greece which followed the Peloponnesian war, we find the most singular and startling resemblances to occurrences of the present day.

A statue of the Greek writer Thucydides sits outside the Austrian capital in Vienna. More than 2,000 years ago, he noted the friction that led to war between an established power, Sparta, and a ...

Sparta’s fear. The first Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years, 431 – 404 BCE. Athens and Sparta, the two most famous cities of the ancient Greek world, were the chief adversaries.

During the end of Greece’s Bronze Age, between approximately 1700 and 1100 B.C., Mycenaean civilization flourished throughout the Peloponnesian Peninsula.