The 300 at the Battle of Thermopylae
The story of how a few spartans stood against the mighty Persian army..
...after the huge Persian army of King Xerxes invaded Greece, 300 Spartans prepared to face the Persians at Thermopylae. The battle proved a pivotal moment in history, which would allow the very new idea of democracy to flourish in ancient Athens, as well as prevent the army of the Persian Empire to expand into Europe... and beyond.

Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece was an ancient civilization that flourished about 2,500 years ago in the area that is now modern Greece, nearby Mediterranean islands, and the western coast of Turkey. We owe Ancient Greece a great debt for its discoveries in many areas, including philosophy, science, politics, the arts, and architecture. Greek culture forms the basis of much of Western (and, in fact, world) civilization that we enjoy and benefit from to this day. Every time that we speak of democracy, philos...

Photos of Ancient Athens
Ancient Greece Odyssey: Photos of Greek Art
This page is an archive of all my photos of ancient art in Athens, Greece. The photos are part of Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal, my travelogue of my trip to Greece in 2005. I originally intended this to be a photo index of the whole journal, but it's gotten too big! Instead, this page just covers my days in Athens. For Delphi, Eleusis, Mycenae and other sites, click on the index at upper right. After my Athens Photo Index, I've compiled a list of useful websites giving more i...

The Punishment of Sisyphus : Tales of the Ancient Greeks
The Eternal Symbol of Futility
The ancient Greeks called Sisyphus the 'craftiest of men' but to us, he is the symbol of futility. Sisyphus had a particularly arduous task and not just difficult, but boring and meaningless. Through Eternity he had to roll a huge boulder to the top of a hill. It took Sisyphus all of the day to do this, toiling up the steep, tree-hung incline and it exhausted him utterly. Each evening, as the first stars appeared, Sisyphus would reach the crest of the hill. And each evening the boulder wo...