Ancient Greece

HISTORY

There are lots of historical "facts" that people still believe in. Think you know how the pyramids were built? Did Einstein really struggle with math? Get ready—we’re about to change your perspectives on history.

THINGS

Facing impossible odds, the mighty 300 of Sparta made a stand at the Battle of Thermopylae that determined the course of history—despite how it ended.

PEOPLE

Irene Of Athens Facts. Beauty, brains, and an iron will: Irene of Athens used all of these to stay in power in the cut-throat Byzantine Empire.

EDITORIAL

Xenophon was a legendary writer, historian, and philosopher—and as a young man, he went on the greatest adventure in history.

PEOPLE

Many have heard the term “Pyrrhic victory,” but few know the bloody and jaw-dropping story of Pyrrhus, the man behind the phrase.



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