The mayor and bishop of Zakynthos went to extraordinary lengths to protect the most vulnerable people of their island.

Alexander the Great dropped a hint to his sycophantic entourage.

Both Rudyard Kipling and the Royal Navy saw Greek sovereignty as a universal symbol of freedom.

Kipling borrowed from the Greek Independence movement to give thanks for the end of the Great War.

In the populist democracy of 5th-century BC Athens, heroes fell as quickly as they rose.

The leader of 5th-century BC Athens lavished public money on the city and its adoring citizens, and wherever he led they followed.