Ancient Sparta could be considered the most fully-realized form of gerontocracy that any state has ever implemented....
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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...
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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...
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...
Galen’s experimental methods foreshadowed later developments of Western scientific medicine. Introduction Galen (129 C.E. – c. 210...
Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician. Introduction Hippocrates of Cos II, or...
Hephaestion stood beside Alexander the Great as friend, adviser, commander, and organizer, sharing his campaigns until his...
The most famous series of wars in ancient Greek history broke out with a revolt against Persian...
At Hydaspes Alexander met a formidable opponent in King Porus. Introduction For almost a decade, Alexander the...
The opposition between East and West, Europe and Asia, Us and Them stretches back into antiquity. The...
Examining the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer. By Dr. Alexandr LoginovProfessor...
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The ideal was formulated in the Archaic period and became a feature of Greek identity. Abstract This...
There are definite sources of influence on early Greek culture to be found in the history of...
In mythology, the Amazons were daughters of Ares, the god of war. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction In...
The city-state of Sparta, and much of the eastern Mediterranean, was also struck by the disease. Introduction...
He looted the city and burned it to the ground. Introduction In the year 330 BCE Alexander...
The Four Hundred government in Athens suffered from instability as conflict soon arose between moderates and extremists...
The role of priestess at Delphi was enormously influential. She was consulted on everything from warfare to...