Aetolia

A towering new statue of Titormos, the legendary strongman of ancient Aetolia, has been unveiled in Agrinio, reviving interest in one of Greece's most fascinating—and often overlooked—heroes of antiquity. The bronze monument pays tribute to the mythical figure who, according...

The Aetolians were an ancient Greek tribe of hardened hillmen that managed to defeat the mighty army of Alexander the Great

On the west bank of the Achelous River in Greece lie the remains of one of the world's oldest shipyards, part of the ancient Greek city of Oeniadae (Ancient Greek: Οἰνιάδαι). Located 4 km (2.5 miles) west of the modern-day...