Experts credit the Greek astronomer Archimedes with developing the earliest known device to show the daily movement of the planets.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

Two thousand years ago, the Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

Members take part in campus activities and volunteer work, and may also live and go to parties at Greek houses.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Pliny and the Greek geographer Strabo both noted that slaves making cloth with the material developed lung problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

just before it dies. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked of this two thousand three hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

To see how Greek art evolved, you can look at a statue made about a hundred years later.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

It is one of the earliest known marble statues of a human from the Greek area of Attica.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

On Thursday, a day after huge protests in Athens, the Greek parliament approved a series of spending cuts.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

This is because most fraternities and sororities are named after a series of Greek letters, such as Alpha Delta Pi or Sigma Phi.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Worries over Greek debt have pushed the euro to its lowest value in months against the dollar.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

The Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

These groups are known as Greek letter societies or as being part of the Greek system.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Many people blamed the Greek crisis for the sudden drop in American stock markets last Thursday.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

VOA: special.2010.06.06