Ancient Greek history
Ancient Greece
Ancient Pyramid of Greece Sparks Controversy
There is no other controversy like the one surrounding the ancient pyramid discovered in Greece. Ancient Greek history often stimulates meaningful debate - one has only to think of how many different views there are on the Hellinikon.
Were the...
Ancient Greece
How Did the Ancient Greeks Get Rid of Tyrants?
Ancient Greek laws against tyrants is a very fine subject to explore. Ancient Greece is known for its emerging democracy, many of which sentenced them to death.
Scholarly observers have defined classical Athens as a direct democracy. Some have quarreled...
Europe
The European Program that helps Greek Rice
Rice was not always a part of everyday European cuisines. It was Alexander the Great and globalization that allowed this staple to cross borders. In fact, rice might even be seen as "Alexander's greatest gift to Western civilization."
Due to lack...
Ancient Greece
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
Ancient Greece
Socrates’ Wisest and Most Inspiring Quotes
Socrates, famous for his wise and inspiring quotes, died as he lived—hated by most Athenians but much beloved by his students. He was condemned to prison and death by poison in 399 BC for corrupting Athenian youth and rejecting...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Philosophers Who Excelled in Athens
Many ancient philosophers from Athens considered this city to be the center of their thriving intellectual activity.
Their profound insights persistently influence our comprehension of ethics, politics, metaphysics, and the core inquiries concerning human existence. These luminaries and philosophers from Athens...
Ancient Greece
Battle of Gaugamela: When Alexander the Great Conquered Persia
On October 1, 331 BC, Alexander the Great's army defeated the Persian army led by Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela to complete the conquest of the mighty Persian Empire.
It was an extraordinary victory achieved against a larger...
Ancient Greece
The Day the Acropolis’ Parthenon was Destroyed
On September 26, 1687, the Parthenon of Acropolis in Athens faced a severe blow and was partly destroyed by Francesco Morosini, the leader of the Venetian army, who, as part of the Morean War, led an expedition to attack...
Ancient Greece
Dispilio Tablet, The Earliest Written Text Discovered in Greece
Even though archaeology claims that writing was invented in Sumer between 3,000 and 4,000 BC, a tablet that contradicted this perception was found in 1993 in Dispilio in the northern Greek province of Kastoria.
The Dispilio Tablet is a wooden...
Ancient Greece
Has the Mystery of the Ancient Greek Paestum Swimmer been Solved?
A German archeologist has allegedly solved the mystery of the ancient Greek Paestum swimmer. The debate has endured for years about the possible interpretations of the fresco. Yet Tonio Höschler, a Professor Emeritus of Classical Archeology at the Ruprecht...