After reports speculated whether or not Zack Snyder would be involved with the upcoming 300 TV series, we now have ...

Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained ... presumed to have descended from an ancestor bearing its name. He must have been a king, who founded a dynasty of his name. That ...

Leonidas (540-480 BC), the legendary king of Sparta, and the Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most brilliant events of the ancient Greek history, a great act of courage and self-sacrifice. This man ...

Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis—elite soldiers who formed the king’s private guard. Known as a hoplon—from which is derived ...

The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) is one of the most famous last stands in history. However, the Spartans did not march to ...

Asked what was the greatest benefit Lycurgus conferred on his countryman, King Agesilaus replied "Contempt of pleasure." "Come back with your shield - or on it" (Plutarch, Mor.241) was supposed to ...

Helen is the wife of Menelaus - King of Sparta - and he musters an army led by his brother Agamemnon to sail to Troy to take Helen back. The war lasts for 10 long years, during which time the main ...

Helen is the wife of Menelaus - King of Sparta - and he musters an army led by his brother Agamemnon to sail to Troy to take Helen back. The war lasts for 10 long years, during which time the main ...

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance made a return to West Michigan on Tuesday, this time in Sparta. The crowd was ...