A new exhibition titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” on view at the British Museum through August 13, reexamines that stale, Orientalist worldview. Instead, ...

The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is ...

THE only thing which could possibly justify any writer in presenting at this date a new version of the wonderful drama acted by Greeks and Persians on land and sea in the years 480-479 B. C. would ...

ATHENS — Compared with the Persian Gulf right now, the Black Sea war zone could almost be called placid. After Iran warned that it could follow Friday’s seizure of two Greek tankers with more such ...

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said.The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens ...

“Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” features gold, silver, and glass examples of Persian craft from the British Museum’s collection alongside some spectacular loans. It also showcases the ...

The British Museum’s “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” shows the power of ancient Persian style, and how it influenced Persia’s Greek antagonists as they too gained a taste for empire.

This last source assigns 40,000 Greeks to face 60,000 Persians. In any case, the Greek fleet was mainly Laconian, as tensions had re-emerged with the Athenians, leading them to withdraw their units to ...