Thrasybulus was helping his ally Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. By Sergey M. ZhestokanovProfessor of ArchaeologySt. Petersburg...
Greek History
Greek history reaches far beyond Athens and Sparta. Explore the societies, conflicts, beliefs, and cultural achievements that shaped the Aegean world from the Bronze Age through Byzantium and into modern Greece.
The classics contain many references to tyranny and its causes, effects, methods, practitioners, alternatives. Introduction In the...
In archaic and classical Greece thrones were reserved for the gods and by extension, their priests and...
Examining the Macedonian king in combat. In his account of the preparations for the battle at Granicus,...
Many women in ancient Greece led interesting lives and performed heroic acts and who remain lesser known...
Economic crisis, impoverishment, and elite conflict led Athens to be managed by individual rulers, the last tyrants...
Cassander embarked on an ambitious plan to control the region and solidify his power in Macedonia. Cassander’s...
The Hellenistic world which had had no monarch for half a decade after Alexander suddenly had a...
Looking past a plague at how a massive government spending plan went badly awry 2,500 years ago....
The earliest written sources of Homer and Hesiod attest to the existence of trade (emporia) and merchants...
Ancient Sparta could be considered the most fully-realized form of gerontocracy that any state has ever implemented....
When nobles and wealthy members of communities reigned supreme. Introduction Oligarchy is a form of government in...
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals, and home remedies. The Greeks combined dietetics, medicines,...
Thirty of the Achaeans’ best warriors hid in the Trojan horse’s womb and two spies in its...
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of...
The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that...
Considering their limited role in actual society there is a surprisingly strong cast of female characters in...
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Menelaus, and others like him, reduced the physical world to a purely geometric one. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
The Hippocratic philosophy on health care provision applied standards and ethical rules that are still valid today....
Pausanius is best known for his ten-volume work, Description of Greece, detailing his travels through the country,...
Many Ancient Greek fortifications connected a city to another site – a citadel or a port. The...
The Athenian treasury was the first Panhellenic sanctuary that was dedicated by Athenians. Introduction The Athenian Treasury...
Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece may help us navigate what is true, and...
At school, we have all studied the amazing history of the two most important city-states in Greece,...
Deciphering Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history-changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear...
Meet one of the greatest of all the characters in ancient Greek drama. Elektra’s Story To understand...
The lure of Aphrodite still resonates in Western popular culture today. Introduction Aphrodite is the ancient Greek...
The ancient Greek holiday of Anthesteria honored springtime and death. Introduction This ancient Greek holiday that you’ve...
The archaic Greek poet is conceived of as the wellspring from which the later Western artistic tradition...