Plagues functioned as a setup for an even more crucial theme in ancient myth: a leader’s intelligence....
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Pausanius is best known for his ten-volume work, Description of Greece, detailing his travels through the country,...
Spartan women were free to pursue an education, own land, initiate divorce, and go where they pleased....
Many Ancient Greek fortifications connected a city to another site – a citadel or a port. The...
The Athenian treasury was the first Panhellenic sanctuary that was dedicated by Athenians. Introduction The Athenian Treasury...
Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece may help us navigate what is true, and...
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 Mycenaeans were indigenous Greeks who were likely stimulated by their contact with Minoan Crete and other...
The lure of Aphrodite still resonates in Western popular culture today. Introduction Aphrodite is the ancient Greek...
The foundations of the modern world derive from the Classic Age as it was reformulated during the...
Is this statue at the Vatican actually the ancient sculpture mentioned by Pliny, or rather a clever...
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...
A new generation of forensics has turned up surprising results and taken us closer to establishing just...
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...
At the emerging universities, from around 1250, this fundamental “Ars medicine” or “Articella” was at the heart...
Throughout his life, Hephaestion remained close to Alexander, serving both as a valuable advisor and friend. Introduction...
Aristotle argued that there were six general ways in which societies could be organized under political rule....
Ancient accounts of Aristotle credit him with 170 Constitutions of various states. Introduction The Constitution of the...
The career of Pericles and of the extension of Athenian democracy that took shape under his direction....
Each of the two tombs was built in a dome-shape structure known as a tholos. A team...
Hepatic regeneration was well known to ancient Greeks, and this natural ability was established in the tales...
Athens after the Peloponnesian War never regained the level of economic and military strength it once had....
The most famous series of wars in ancient Greek history broke out with a revolt against Persian...
There is no systematic collection of Greek laws, thus the knowledge the earliest notions of the subject...
Hesiod (c. 700 BCE), writing in his Theogony, tells us that the Cyclopes were the children of...
At Hydaspes Alexander met a formidable opponent in King Porus. Introduction For almost a decade, Alexander the...