Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

They gathered volunteers from the 32nd Marines Brigade of the Hellenic Army—Greece’s military—and fed them the pre-battle meal of a Mycenaean soldier: bread, beef, goat cheese, green olives ...

In the morning the Soldier sees that the entire beach is deserted - although the Greek army is in fact hiding behind a nearby island. The Trojans begin to celebrate and they wheel the wooden horse ...