The ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily started as a colony and became a Greek metropolis.

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

History’s most impressive hoard of ancient Greek ... is perhaps Greece’s most remote scrap of land, just over six miles long and two miles wide, a dot on the map between the east and west ...

The ancient city of Troy was located along ... Menelaus’ wife Helen was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. When Paris departed Greece, he left with Helen by his side, enraging ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.