An Introduction to Classical Athens
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This course explores the history, culture and society of Classical Athens, and points out many inconsistencies in the popular idea of what Classical Athens was.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages and took the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno to 60.
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The coral-and-sea-colored Athens 2004 banners had been raised. The ancient stadium that hosts the Olympic shot put competition today had been fitted with a security camera and hardwood stands for visiting dignitaries. The remodeled and air-conditioned archeological museum that featured the god-size sculpture of Hermes of Praxiteles had opened. Outdoor booths had been stocked with sharp cheese, ...
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A study of a 2000-year-old calculator, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, reveals more about its use
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Rosie Goldsmith reports from Greece which has begun to fight hard to save its antiquities and archaeological sites from decay and looting.
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Hungry for updates from Athens? Click here for coverage.
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OLYMPIA, GREECE -- Brad Snyder&#39;s shot put travelled just more than 19 metres, but the arc of its flight spanned more than 1,600 years.
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.
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Michael Kimsal has come up with the start of a series to introduce PHP developers to the world of Grails (the Java framework).   The comparisons I plan to make will be mostly to PHP, cause that's what I'm most familiar with, though there may be some other comparisons from time to time.  This is a work in progress, but I'd be very interested in feedback from anyone out there interested in this aea - Grails, Groovy, PHP, why another language/platform/framework, etc.   The first two installments have been posted - part one and part two - with an introduction to what Grails is and a brief dip into some "Hello world" sort of code to give you an idea of the structure.
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ATHENS, Greece - The place and the opponent don't really matter. This U.S...
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By Georgia Evdoxiadis Daily Herald Staff Writer
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting.
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The latest snippets from our men in Athens as the Games get under way.
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The National Theater of Greece has broken a tragic habit. World-renowned for its harrowing presentations of classic Greek tragedies, the century-old Athens company returned to New York this week with a comedy, ...
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In 360 B.C. the Greek philosopher Plato described an island he called Atlantis. Now contradicting new evidence claims the fabled city-state was based on a real place.
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ATHENS  As the delay-plagued build-up to the Olympics illustrated, the Greeks aren&#39;t exactly known for organization and punctuality. But now that stadiums, new metro lines, beautified city squares and a vast ...