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Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

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The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

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The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Young Greek American filmmaker Alexander Pagonis explores tradition, identity, and isolation in his debut documentary Man Over Aegean.

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Police officers from the forensics department check the area after a bomb explosion outside of the Hellenic Train offices the company that runs Greece's railway, in Athens, Greece, Friday, April ...

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