Discover the life and legacy of Lycurgus, Sparta's legendary lawgiver, whose reforms forged a society of equality and military discipline.

Women of ancient Athens used clothing pins as weapons, prompting a shift in Ancient Greek fashion and societal control.

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

Inside View: WSJ columnist Andy Kessler would rather be subjected to Jimmy Kimmel than protected from him by government. The essay on “The Braggart” begins: “Bragging is pretending to have excellences ...

In Sparta, the individual did not matter. Everything was for the preservation and continuous strengthening of the state. They built no walls since they welcomed any to challenge invasion. They lit no ...

The lives of the ancient Greeks were ones of hardship and endurance. The experiences of ancient Greek women were even tougher. If a newly born Greek girl was deemed worthy and not abandoned, their ...

President Trump's celebration of Jimmy Kimmel's (now brief) and Stephen Colbert's (still happening) removal from the air — along with his calls for canceling other late-night comedians — may feel very ...

Amina Ali is pretty happy with the choices at a sprawling St. Louis Park, Minnesota, operation known as the Dress for Success Wearhouse. She said her journey started in high school. "I was pregnant at ...

Rising Greek filmmaker Evi Kalogiropoulou brings her long-awaited feature debut, “Gorgonà,” to the Venice Film Festival this week, where the movie — a genre-defying female-empowerment story set in a ...

Could Greek women leave the house? Could they drink wine? Did they fight in wars? Join Historian Honor Cargill-Martin as she reveals the truth about what life was like for women in Ancient Greece.

FILE - A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) ISLAMABAD (AP) ...