Mycenaean fashion was heavily influenced by its Minoan predecessor. By Georgia McDonnell Introduction Dress and appearance in Bronze...
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The scale and scope of warfare in Ancient Greece changed dramatically as a result of the Greco-Persian...
According to the Iliad, Mycenaean warriors included boxing among their competitions honoring the fallen. Introduction Ancient Greek...
Melissus echoes Parmenides by objecting to a pluralistic view of reality essentially based on perception. By Daniel...
Alexander’s connections with Asclepius and his use of these links to portray himself as a healer. Abstract...
A great deal of Europe’s knowledge of ancient Greek medicine and culture entered Europe through Italy in...
Hyperborea was thought of as an earthly paradise of eternal youth and abundance. Introduction Hyperborea was, in Greek...
The expectations and even the very way they defined terms such as ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ differed greatly...
The ancient Greeks often did not leave risky choices up to individuals alone. Introduction As a scholar...
There is a vibrancy in Minoan art which was not present in the contemporary East. Introduction The...
Finding evidence for an earlier drainage project, one dating to the last phase of the Greek Bronze...
Helen was widely considered the most beautiful of all mortal women. Introduction Helen of Troy (sometimes called...
His work is the most important surviving medical papyrus and provides information about the history of Greek...
An approach to Greek historiography that establishes a new angle by tackling the relationship between historiography and...
Democracies and Republics, the best of all political structures, have a way of destroying themselves if not...
Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. Introduction In classical...
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...
The Scottish Enlightenment played a dominant part in the late-18th and early-19th century debate about the location...
Thucydides indicates that this plague was extraordinary in that “a pestilence of such extent and mortality was...
Getty curators answer your questions about ancient parties. If the ancient Greeks and Romans were still around...
Athenian calendars used lunar cycles and/or solar events to affix dates. Introduction The term “Athenian Calendar” (also...
At the site of Pylos, archaeologists are still working at both the Palace of Nestor and its...
This tapestry, made in China to be sold in Portugal, is an example of a transcultural object,...
His play replaces Helen in Troy with a decoy while the real Helen awaits the end of...
Dance is largely defined in ancient Greek literature as an element of the mousike. By Nathalie Choubineh...
In 1893 and 1894 French archaeologists uncovered two extremely similar kouroi while excavating the sanctuary of Apollo...
Weakened by long wars with Sassanid Persia, the Byzantine Empire’s development of Greek Fire came at a...