Greece Hails New 'Immortal' Heroine
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Greece, shamed and angered by doping  scandals involving their two top sprinters and a medal-winning  weightlifter, hailed an unexpected new Olympic heroine Monday  in the form of a walker.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece as seen through the eyes of Hyperides, an important fourth-century Athenian orator and politician.
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Fani Halkia came from nowhere last night to become the third female gold medalist in the history of Greece, capturing the 400-meter hurdles in 52.
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Hot off her recurring  role on NBC&#39;s &quot;Heroes,&quot; Missy Peregrym has landed the female  lead on the CW&#39;s upcoming one-hour series &quot;Reaper.&quot;
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A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday. The headless marble statue was discovered last year during excavations in the ruins of ancient Dion, some 53 miles southwest of Thessaloniki.
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The Athens Olympics have proved a "great  success" giving Greeks fresh confidence and energy, Athens  mayor Dora Bakoyannis said on Friday.
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Greek sensation Fani Halkia blitzed to  gold in the Olympic women's 400 meters hurdles on Wednesday to  confirm her meteoric rise in the world elite.
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Elizabeth Perkins will play the mother of Hercules in NBC's four-hour miniseries about the Greek hero.
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The Olympics may be over, but you can always recapture a taste of Greece with feta.
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The Greek parliament elected Carolos Papoulias as president Tuesday, choosing a former foreign minister who served more than 20 years in the legislature for the largely ceremonial post.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.
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A Greek doctor has come up with a new theory to explain the mysterious death of the ancient world conqueror Alexander the Great, long a subject of scientific debate.
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Outsider Athanasia Tsoumeleka snatched the women&#39;s Olympic 20km race walk title after a thrilling finish to give hosts Greece their first athletics gold of the Games.
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After bringing to life the magical world of Harry Potter, producer David Heyman is getting ready to summon forth the magical world of classical Greece.
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Greece has granted rare permission for a U.S. film to be shot on the ancient Acropolis and other historic landmarks, a Culture Ministry official said on Wednesday.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - EU firefighters and planes joined the battle on Sunday against the fires raging in Greece for three days, killing 51 people and threatening areas near ancient Olympia, historic site of the first Olympic games.
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The Olympics may be over, but you always can recapture a taste of Greece with feta.