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Ancient Greek Heroes’ Busts Adorn Village in Turkey
Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired the citizens of a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their main square. Tevfikiye, is located 1 km away from the archaeological site of ancient...
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What Did Aristotle Teach Alexander the Great?
When philosopher Aristotle was summoned to teach young Alexander the Great, it was a tutorage that helped shape the course of Greek civilization
Education
The Ex-Slave Who Authored a Greek Language Book
William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American, emancipated slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek was written in 1881. The textbook offered Greek to English and English to Greek language practice as well as exercises on...
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Why Walking Barefoot Is Good for You
Orthopedists argue that walking barefoot makes for stronger and more flexible feet, fewer deformities, while it enhances mobility as well
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Lexicon Published After 23 Years in the Making
Cambridge University Press has recently published the Cambridge Greek Lexicon after twenty-three years of work by the university's classics faculty.
The group was led by the lexicon's editor-in-chief, James Diggle, a professor at Queens College who taught Greek and Latin...
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What Were the Isles of the Blessed in Greek Mythology?
Greek mythology features many strange and fantastical locations. One such location was a group of islands known as the Isles of the Blessed. They feature in many ancient Greek records. What do these records tell us? And were the...
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Ancient Greek Philosophers Brought to Life by AI
Ancient Greek scientists and philosophers are brought back to life and tell their stories in this captivating video produced through Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Equator AI created the video using the latest artificial intelligence technology to bring these great thinkers to...
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Homer’s Iliad, the Story of the Trojan War
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Homer’s Iliad is usually thought of as the first work of European literature—and many would say it is the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In...
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Ancient Greece and Africa Share Long History
Africans and Ancient Greeks had long, rich history together often reflected in the depiction of Africa in Ancient Greek art. The first contact between Greeks and Africans was sometime during the Bronze Age. At this time, the Minoan culture...
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Elon Musk on Homer’s Iliad: ‘Best Story Ever’
Elon Musk is apparently captivated by the story of the Iliad saying on X, formerly Twitter, that is "the best story ever."
"The incredibly captivating story that is The Iliad was meant to be spoken, so listen to it," the...