‘The History of the Peloponnesian War’ Review: Warrior and Witness

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.
Greek Reporter

Athens and Sparta: Two Different Ancient Greek Societies Compared

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

Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors

Fierce? Yes. Tough? You bet. But the true history of the Greek civilization had a lot more nuance Myke Cole Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up ...
Bay Area Reporter

Greek love in the ranks: The Sacred Band's 300 lover-warriors

An architectural dig on an ancient Greek battlefield, returned to in 1880, unearthed a surprising find: a mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.
The Daily Telegraph

300: how to get a body like a Greek warrior

As the impressively built armies of Ancient Greece and Persia once again clash on screen, Scott Laidler explains how to get a physique like Themistocles or Xerxes Sullivan Stapleton as Athenian ...