Fathers occupy an outsized place in Greek myth. They are kings and models, and too often challenges...
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Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war. Introduction On...
The myth of Laocoön dates back to the seventh century BCE as part of a series of...
Myth can be told with the intent of being allegorical, symbolic, rational, romantic, theoretical, or analytical. By...
The state of poverty in fact covers a variety of situations, but always leads to exclusion, primarily...
The elite classes in Rome and Athens found lucrative business endeavors necessary in order to climb their...
Examining classical Athens’ distinctive approach to building a system of law and order. Abstract How do democratic...
Rhetoric took precedence over evidence in Ancient Athenian courts. By Lauren Davis Introduction To many modern audiences,...
Ancient Greek houses frequently had a “complex pattern of spatial usage”, with rooms being used for multiple...
The military unit is first mentioned in 324 BCE in the speech ‘Against Demosthenes’. Introduction The Sacred Band...
Ballots that date more than two millennia old tell the story of ostracism. In the 1960s, archaeologists...
Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple in 2008 yielded new insights into the engineering feats of the golden...
The design of the trireme most likely pushed the technological limits of the ancient world. Introduction A trireme,[1] “with...
Most of what is known of ancient Greek clothing reflects only the upper-class as they were most...
We find a vast range of their artistic representations in frescos, vase paintings, and sculptures. Introduction Sacred...
In approximately 630 BCE, someone in the Anatolian kingdom of Lydia stamped a piece of precious metal....
This agora was destroyed by invasions by the Germanic Heruli and Visigoths in 267 CE and 396...
Ancient writers from Aristophanes to Plato to Plutarch reference her eloquence and power in a world controlled...
Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which...
Introduction In Greek mythology, Prometheus, possibly meaning “forethought”)[1] is a Titan god of fire.[2] Prometheus is credited with the creation of humanity from...
One of Dionysos’s symbols was a phallus, and an oversized version was carried by a “phallus-bearer” in...
The agoge was at its height during the Classical Period and was praised as the ideal form...
Geometric Greece experienced a cultural revival of its historical past through epic poetry and the visual arts....
His vision transformed a ruin into a thriving cultural center. Introduction The agora of Athens developed from the 6th century BCE...
Without imported food, Athens would have starved. The 630,000 acres of land in Attica, the region in...
Greco-Bactrian cities, such as Ai-Khanoum in northeastern Afghanistan where Hellenistic remains have been found, demonstrate a sophisticated...
Thucydides’ History was by no means the first history, but it laid a groundwork in important ways....
Athletes and spectators were lured to Olympia by a longing for contact with their fellow Hellenes and...
A scholar of ancient Greek literature explains what the Olympics of modern day have in common with...
A site in Sicily provided a rare chance to fact-check stories told about two battles from more...