Amazons of legend and very real Scythian tribes were mentioned in the same breath in ancient Greece....
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In mythology, the Amazons were daughters of Ares, the god of war. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction In...
The city-state of Sparta, and much of the eastern Mediterranean, was also struck by the disease. Introduction...
He looted the city and burned it to the ground. Introduction In the year 330 BCE Alexander...
The movement toward oligarchy was led by a number of prominent and wealthy Athenians. Introduction The Athenian...
Examining religious utterances such as curses, supplication, and prayer, as reflected in some passages from ancient Greek...
The role of priestess at Delphi was enormously influential. She was consulted on everything from warfare to...
Direct taxation was not well-developed in ancient Greece. Introduction The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely...
Power belonged to anyone who could harness the collective will of the citizens directly by appealing to...
The apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
For the ancient Greeks, music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the gods. By Mark...
The cataclysmic eruption of Thera split the island of Santorini into three smaller ones. By Jenna Frawley...
The religious practices of the Greeks extended beyond mainland Greece. Introduction Ancient Greek religion encompasses the collection...
During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his allegiance on several occasions. Introduction Alcibiades Cleiniou...
The scroll was discovered and painstakingly unrolled in 1795. More than 200 years ago, scholars glued the...
Agamemnon received heroic worship from the establishment of the sanctuary at Amyklai along with his consort Kassandra,...
Neither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
A substantial amount of the artifacts in the Thracian archaeological record comes from diverse cultural and stylistic...
The Lacedaemonians abandoned the grand strategy they had articulated early on. Introduction In ancient Lacedaemon, as in...
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
Darius took personal command of his army for this encounter and led them to a resounding defeat....
It was here, against all odds, that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia...
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. Introduction After...
Even if a treaty by this name was never drawn up, it is true that there was...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...