For the ancient Greeks, music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the gods. By Mark...
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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...
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
Athens’s heavy-handed control of the Delian League ultimately prompted the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Introduction The Delian...
Strabo tells us that the city of Side was founded around the 7th century BCE by Greek...
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great’s empire, which at its height...
The myth of Theseus’ sacred journey’ continued to be re-enacted in an Athenian state festival held in...
Clay model of a first century Roman War Ship / Museum of Sparta The story of modeled ships...
Potters began to enrich vases in the Geometric Period with depictions of people, animals, ships, and more....
Greek city-states developed different forms of governance with very different political structures and strengths. The Emergence of...
Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and...
Epaminondas transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent...