Envisioned as five-tiered defense architecture, Greece's "Achilles' Shield" program, is a top priority for the government's ...

The Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Athens, stands as a solemn tribute to Greek soldiers who died in war.

Each shield was circular and convex ... across the Greek-speaking world in the 400s B.C. In previous centuries Greek warriors had worn very thick, heavy armor, much of which, by the classical ...

One might expect a Spartan warrior who had both lost his shield and fainted in battle to ... An 1888 illustration shows a bust of the ancient Greek historian and general Thucydides, known as ...