In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

Sparta, a Greek cafe in Yokohama, is ancient, at least by the standards of Greek restaurants in Japan. The eatery, which opened in 1953, claims to be the oldest Greek restaurant in the country. Its ...

Dean Karnazes’ life of running preposterous distances began at age 14 in San Clemente. As the “Ultramarathon Man” relates in his latest book, “The Road to Sparta,” San Clemente High School students ...

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean Age, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The palace, likely ...

The city state of Sparta, in many respects, was different from Athens. Geographically it was situated in a mountainous area which isolated it from other cities. The state was founded in 10th century ...

There's a shortage of swords in Sparta. Greek merchants from Athens to Thermopylae are also concerned about a scarcity of spears as they prepare for summer visitors obsessed with 300, the gory story ...

It is a quirk of history and geography that Yokohama, rather than Tokyo, has long been the place to go if you're looking for Greek food. Yokohama is where the freighters docked and, inevitably, some ...