Apart from some futile attempts to recapture their freedom, for well over a century the Greeks remained...
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These cultures are often examined separately, and thus the ample cross-cultural transmission between them is overlooked. By...
Intense tribalism in a pre-Hellenic world was deep and civilization itself would collapse in the region. Introduction...
“Hellenistic” Athens may not shine as brightly as Classical Athens, but it has lived unfairly in the...
The men reached a consensus; they did not want to follow Alexander further into Indian territory. By...
The Agora was the central gathering place for all of Athens, where social and commercial dealings took...
The Spartan Eurypontid king Agesilaus led two expeditions against Thebes but achieved little. Introduction and Background The...
Athens had the largest and wealthiest city-state, but they also had a larger class of people excluded...
Meant to protect citizens from demagogues and tyrants, it became a tool to use against political enemies....
Greek civilization had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire and many others that followed through today....
The idea of a single, unified, and dominant religion shared by all members of a single culture...
Heraclitus maintained that the very nature of life is flux, is change, and that to resist this...
There are over 90 Pre-Socratic philosophers, all of whom contributed something to world knowledge. Introduction The Pre-Socratic...
The famous Greek playwrights, historians, and physicians familiar to us today lived in the fifth century. Introduction...
Salamis has come down to us as a key event in the early history of Western Civilization....
Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures...
Alexander, unable to attack from the sea, built causeway stretching out to the island on a natural...
Athens was chosen as the Greek capital for historical and sentimental reasons. Ottoman Athens The first Ottoman...
Athens has been inhabited from Neolithic times, possibly from the end of the fourth millennium BCE, or...
Despite the scientific rigor of archaeology today, archaeological exploration is still an art and an adventure of...
Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral-poetic tradition by Minoan and Mycenaean singers starting in the...
Expressions of popular will were still constrained by an essentially oligarchic and aristocratic system. As a Classicist,...
Ancient Greek democracy had a number of practices which made it very different from modern democratic systems....
His works continued to be studied by professionals in international relations, political theorists, historians, and students of...
Memories of the past were an important guide to the future. This is in part why the...
In Athens, the cult of Athena Polias was the most important religious faction. Much like the Vestal...
Trading stations played an important role as the furthest outposts of Ancient Greek culture. By Dr. Colette...
Greek sanctuaries were perennially lively venues, each with their idiosyncratic myths and rites. Introduction For the ancient...
A brief tour of some of the astronomical ideas and models from ancient Greece. Introduction As the...
The most basic dog collar no doubt developed on its own in Greece, but the later ones...