The conquest of Persia was not preordained and those living within its vast empire could never foresee...
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The typically idealized picture of Socrates is not the whole story, and it gives us no indication...
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
Exploring the settlement of the Thracian tribe of the Edones. Human occupation of the area of Amphipolis...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
Aristotle studied developing organisms, among other things, in ancient Greece, and his writings shaped Western philosophy and...
After capturing Constantinople in 1204, the Fourth Crusaders established several states in former Byzantine territory. Starting from...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
The nature of the krypteia very much reflects the roots of its name. By Brandon D. Ross...
Thucydides placed Brasidas’s Homeric ending in a singularly admirable light. By Nathan A. JenningsNATO Planner, Afghanistan In...
Scientific analysis of four rare sculptures of mourning women furthers understanding of South Italian funerary art. Introduction...
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
The League represents the most successful attempt by the Greek city states to develop a collective government...
Athens’s heavy-handed control of the Delian League ultimately prompted the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Introduction The Delian...
The laws aided and legitimized the political power of the aristocracy and allowed them to consolidate their...
Mystery religions formed one of three types of Hellenistic religion. Introduction Mystery religions, sacred mysteries or simply mysterieswere religious schools...
The Lyceum had been used for philosophical debate long before Aristotle and stood long after. Introduction The Lyceum (Ancient...
Plato conceived education as an art of perfecting human beings. By Br. Francis Maluf What Is Education?...
Archaic and classical Greek culture was steeped in spirit. Archaic and classical Greek culture was steeped in...
The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into present-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan from 180 BC established the Indo-Greek...
The only possible response can be that it is no one’s and everyone’s. The death of Martin...
Greek city-states developed different forms of governance with very different political structures and strengths. The Emergence of...
Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and...
Long before the arrival of Alexander the Great on India’s north-western border, there are references in early...
Epaminondas transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent...
Aspasia was a woman of formidable intelligence and eloquence who influenced many of the important writers, thinkers,...