Greek Reporter

How a Shaved Head Sparked the Wars Between the Ancient Greeks and Persians

Histiaeus and the Ionian Revolt Sparked the Wars Between the Ancient Greeks and Persians with a Clever Tattooed Message That Changed History.
WESA

A Greek View of War's Tragedy: 'The Persians'

Christos Loulis as King Xerxes in The Persians. Greek actress Lydia Koniordou directs and stars in The Persians. You could say that The Persians, which was written in 472 BC, was the first docudrama.
Greek Reporter

10 Key Reasons the Greeks Crushed the Persians

The Greek victory over the Persian Empire (499–449 BC) remains one of history's greatest "David vs. Goliath" scenarios.
Artnet

Who Reigned Supreme, Persia or Greece? Judge for Yourself From These 5 Ancient Symbols of Luxury and Power, Now on View at the British Museum

History has long pitted Persian and Greek societies as moral opposites—the former, a culture of hedonists, and the latter defined by no-frills self discipline. A new exhibition titled “Luxury and ...
CounterPunch

War and Power in Classical Greece: Lessons for Superpowers and the World

Humans have had almost ceaseless difficulties in working and living together. Superstition, religious ideas, race, geography, ownership of land, and language engulf them so much, they often fail to ...
Centre Daily Times

Greeks, Persians reprise battle in ‘300’ sequel

The first “300,” director Zack Snyder’s 2006 take on the legendary showdown between Persians and Spartans at Thermopylae in 480 B.C., was all about the guys and their abs. The sequel, “300: Rise of an ...