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Step aside, sports gels. These foods have been fueling endurance athletes for centuries.

In the year 431 BC, almost 50 years have passed since King Leonidas brave struggle against the Persian army and his death. In ancient Greece, where there was no unity and solidarity yet, be a part of this adventure when the city-states of Athens and...

We go to ancient Greece with Mount & Blade Warband: Odysseia.

These action-packed movie fight scenes are so impressive youll never be bored

Mythologically descended from the hero Herakles, the Agiad dynasty of ancient Sparta reigned alongside the Eurypontids almost since the beginning of the city-state. When war was on the borders of their land, and that of their neighboring city-states, it was to the current Heraklean descendent that those city-states turned.

Ioannis Metaxas' "Ohi" reply to Mussolini's demands is one of the classics in the history of famous ultimatums.

Last year, stymied by tour cancellations, actor, artistic director and Classics enthusiast Paul O’Mahony wanted to build a community among fellow performers from his Hove home as the world headed into isolation. Finding “very willing accomplices” at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Brandeis University, he pulled together an international ensemble to read all 32 surviving Greek tragedies in weekly online sessions which kept growing in ambition. From the cast, Tim Delap ( The Hun...