Badasses Of History: Miltiades
The Battle of Marathon was one of the biggest and most impactful military battles of all time. It was also the conflict that ended the first Persian invasion of Greece in 490 BC. At the center of that battle was ...
London 2012: Torch Ceremony Sparks an Interest
In Olympics | By Bryan Lienesch | On May 11 2012 02:00 AM
Standing in the Temple of Hera, Ino Menegaki fiddles with a mirror. She is a high priestess, and on this particularly sunny day she is tasked with one of the most celebrated duties in ancient Greece. She must invoke the ...