Places in ancient cities such as shops and marketplaces were useful locations to spread false rumors. At...
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The oldest form of security offered by property was pawning. By Kelly Lambert As long as people...
Treatment of mental illness in ancient Greece was a new and experimental process. Introduction Mental illness was an...
Myth can be told with the intent of being allegorical, symbolic, rational, romantic, theoretical, or analytical. By...
Proclus devoted his entire life to the defense of Greek polytheism and the systematization of Platonic theology....
The earliest forms of democratic governments began to form in Greek city-states in the sixth century BCE....
Sparta was a society with too many institutional checks and balances, and Athens was a society with...
She won a contest with Poseidon over who would preside over the city cherished by all the...
There is a vibrancy in Minoan art which was not present in the contemporary East. Introduction The...
Exploring the Parthenon and its sculptural program from the perspective of gender. Introduction Few monuments can claim...
Strong and brave, the Amazons were a force to be reckoned with in Greek mythology – but...
The Macedonians were also noted horsemen, horse-breeders, and horse-worshipers up to the time of Philip II. Introduction...
The name of the Cabeiri recalls Mount Kabeiros, a mountain in the region of Berekyntia in Asia...
Athenian calendars used lunar cycles and/or solar events to affix dates. Introduction The term “Athenian Calendar” (also...
Indirect communication is a central feature of the lying tales Odysseus tells. In book 13 of the...
Apart from some futile attempts to recapture their freedom, for well over a century the Greeks remained...
Trading stations played an important role as the furthest outposts of Ancient Greek culture. By Dr. Colette...
In the architectural void of a new nation, he borrowed from ancient Athens to express America’s democratic...
2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, explaining lunar...
Two alternative conceptions of government – a republic and an oligarchy. By Friedrich Schiller18th-Century Philosopher and Historian...
Hippocrates used the “four humours” theory to explain the origins of these infections but understood the environment’s...
Given his positive reference to Genesis, Longinus has been assumed to be either a Hellenized Jew or...
Gorgias of Leontini transformed Greek rhetoric through ornate prose, paradox, and performance, showing how language could persuade,...
Museum and academic scholars are key players in the fight for contextualized and equitable perspectives of black...
Achilles was too proud and bad-tempered for his own good, and his reckless rage would cost both...
Exploring how manuscripts reveal the evolution of the tale of Troy in ancient Greek and Latin traditions....
Thrasybulus was helping his ally Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. By Sergey M. ZhestokanovProfessor of ArchaeologySt. Petersburg...
In archaic and classical Greece thrones were reserved for the gods and by extension, their priests and...
Cassander embarked on an ambitious plan to control the region and solidify his power in Macedonia. Cassander’s...
Looking past a plague at how a massive government spending plan went badly awry 2,500 years ago....