Greco-Roman accounts of the Persian Wars mention astrologers among high-ranking Persian dignitaries. Introduction Hellenistic astrology encompassed various forms...
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It was considered a time of rebirth, in which the rulers considered the region to be of...
They made acquisitions such a priority around that scholars began hiding their private libraries to prevent their...
The dominant architectural system in use in the Greek, Roman, and Punic shipyards. During the Hellenistic period...
What precisely was a ship painter in the ancient Mediterranean? Introduction Ancient literary sources often mention the...
Hephaistion’s ancestry offers us an interesting insight into fluidity of Macedonian identity. Introduction An epigraphical survey (with...
Are you one of those who have always been captivated by the enchanting allure of the Greek...
Innovations introduced in chemical apparatus and experimental practice by ancient civilizations. Egypt From the First Dynasty (3150–2925...
Examining the ethnicity of the persons who surrounded the king. In the more than half a century...
“Ancient Greece” in the Classical Age is often conflated with what happened in Athens specifically. Introduction The...
Greeks were ‘the first to endure the sight of Median clothing and of the men wearing it’....
Histories of Classical Greece tend to follow well-trod paths. Introduction The first decade of the second century...
The Mediterranean became de iure a Greek and, still more, Athenian sea. By Dr. V.L. KonstantinopoulosAncient Historian...
The relationship between Patroclus and Achilles is the strongest one in the ‘Iliad’. Introduction Patroclus is a figure...
His treatment of the battle is evocative of the Iliad. It is late afternoon on the day...
The rhetoric of the Persian Wars was central to Alexander’s goal of forging panhellenic unity. Introduction In...
How apparent changes in ritual may have related to wider socio-political changes. Abstract During the course of...
In a number of myths, the hero must himself become the ‘savage’ he wishes to tame. Abstract...
Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death, and rejuvenation have lessons for...
The law courts in Athens were different and diverse: as time changed they changed too. Introduction The...
The “dark ages” were not as “dark” as they were once thought to be. Introduction The Greek Dark Age (c....
Alexander was imbued with a belief in his own special nature. Alexander the Great was religiously both...
Regardless of their accomplishments as tyrants – good or bad – many usurped power by force or...
Alexander’s aim to reach the edges of the world and find the Ocean had a key impact...
The device was recognized as some sort of calculator as early as 1905. Introduction The Antikythera mechanism...
Thales viewed mathematics as a means for apprehending truth. Introduction Greek mathematics, the study of numbers and their...
The goal of the early Pre-Socratic philosophers was to find the First Cause of existence. Introduction Ancient Greek Science is...
Women in Greek mythology lived under strict patriarchal rules, but they spoke truth to power and resisted...
The classical-era Acropolis was a place of bright and variegated colours. Introduction How did the people of...
Elders keep the past as storytellers. They transmit a culture’s identity to the next generation. We like...