During this period a new power—Macedonia—arose in northern Greece. By 346 the Macedonian king Philip II had conquered first Thessaly and then Phocis, the Chalcidice, and the Thracian coast. In Athens and other city-states of Greece struggles broke out between the pro-Macedonian parties (Isocr...
Ancient Greek civilization - City-States, Democracy, Philosophy: Dealings with opulent Asian civilizations were bound to produce disparities in wealth, and hence social conflicts, within the aristocracies of Greece. One function of institutions such as g
which was now a certainty. In fact, he wanted an alliance, and without doubt the arrangements of 337 secured one. To this end most of the great federations of Greece were left intact; only Athens’s naval confederacy was dissolved (though itscleruchyonSamoswas retained) and, less certainly...
When it comes to physicians in the Roman Empire, it has to be said that many, if not most, were Greek, and that’s because Greece was where western medicine was born. Indeed, the ancient Greeks had patron gods of health and healing in the form of Asklepios, Igeia, and sometimes Apoll...
greece FULL LIST OF ANCIENT GREEK NAMES OF GOD, HERO AND PERSONS Avaris, Avas, Avlavios, Avreas, Avrotelis, Avron, Avronyhos, Avydinos, Agatharchidas, Agatharchos, Agathymeros, Agathinos, Agathoboulos, Agathodaimon, Agathoklis, Agathosthenis, Agathostratos, Agathothithos, Agathyllos, ...
Adapted from “Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America” by Kathleen M. Crowther. Copyright 2023. Published with permission of Johns Hopkins University Press.
Originally, kings ruled Athens; then anoligarchy(rule by the few), and then democracy (voting by the citizens). City-states joined together to form leagues that came into conflict, weakening Greece and leading to its conquest by the Macedonian kings and later, the Roman Empire. ...
We started by identifying the native schools that are most intertextual with Buddhism and then discussed the different stages of the infiltration between Buddhism and native Chinese culture. Although the dissemination of information in ancient times was much slower than it is now, ancient China had ...
Olympic Games - Ancient Greece, Sports, Medals: The inaugural Games of the modern Olympics were attended by as many as 280 athletes, all male, coming from 12 countries. The athletes competed in 43 events covering athletics (track and field), cycling, swi
Xenophon was a Greek historian and philosopher whose numerous surviving works are valuable for their depiction of late Classical Greece. His Anabasis (“Upcountry March”) in particular was highly regarded in antiquity and had a strong influence on Latin