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Submerged Ancient Greek City Resurfaces in Turkey
The ruins of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor have become visible recently for the first time in three decades due to a drought that has caused the water of the Bayramiç Dam to recede.
The ruins belong to...
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8 Costume Ideas to Bring Out Your Inner Ancient Greek This Halloween
Ancient Greek costumes are a great idea to have a natural look on Halloween whether you want to scare your friends or just have some fun. Greek Reporter has prepared a list of simple Greek-inspired costumes that impress.
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How Ancient Greeks Harnessed Wind Power to Win the Battle of Salamis
New research from the Academy of Athens argues that the Greeks actually chose Salamis after studying the area's climactic conditions.
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Mediterranean Diet Invented by Ancient Greeks, Study Reveals
Ancient Greek doctors invented the renowned Mediterranean diet, as Hippocratic physicians prescribed healthy diets and used rich flavors in food in order to treat their patients, a study from the University of Exeter revealed.
Experts at the University of Exeter...
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Ancient Greek Lawmaker, Solon, Paves the Road to Democracy
Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens is the statesman who laid the foundations for today's democracy in the sixth century BC
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Love Like The Ancient Greeks: The Six Types of Love
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From passionate desire and romantic intimacy to family emotional closeness, there are many definitions of the relative concept of love.
By Roman Krznaric
What is love? In all truth, there is not one single answer to this question and this is...
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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 Ancient Spartans Like?
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Spartan society was very different from the rest in Greece, an example was the absence of walls, the city was protected only by its soldiers.
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Did the Amazons Really Exist in Ancient Greece?
The fierce, fearsome, war-loving female warriors known as Amazons existed in ancient Greece, according to American historian Adrienne Mayor.
The Stanford University historian's book The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, reveals that such women...
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The Ancient Greek Corinthian Helmet Found in Russia
An ancient Greek Corinthian helmet was found recently in a fifth-century BC grave in the Taman Peninsula in southwest Russia.
Made of bronze, ancient Greek Corinthian helmets covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth,...