A new Greek tribe known as the Dorians pushed down from the northern regions and occupied part of central and southern Greece. The only state able to maintain its independence was Athens, to which part of the population of the conquered Achaean states of the Peloponnesus fled. The invasion ...
Greek colonies extended along the northern shore of the Aegean Sea, the eastern coast of Sicily, and the shores of the Gulf of Tarentum in Italy and reached the coast of the Black Sea. Miletus alone founded 75 colonies on the Black Sea. As a result, as early as the sixth century ...
a veil showed tthat a woman's sexuality was being controlled by a man (Of Women) Segregation no male visitors or dinner parties Ancient Greek science and religion "proved" the sexual hierarchy males have an active mind and generative body ...
Gymnastic treatment, based on experience, relied mainly on athletic training and hygiene (mens sana in corpore sano). Henry says that the trainers were like chemists (druggists/pharmacists) to the Aesclepian priests. Gymnasium personnel administered enemas, bled, dressed wounds and ulcers, and treat...
greek gymnasiumpozzolanic mortartuff masonrycutting processcutting strengthscaling lawfractalsIn 2003, an ancient Greek Gymnasium was found in Naples, Italy, during the excavation for a new underground station. The artifacts had to be cut into blocks to be temporarily removed from the site and then ...
How did the Greeks pull off a totally unexpected victory against the biggest invasion force that had ever been launched? What Is Greek Tragedy? w/ Rush Rehm Rush Rehm, professor of Classics and of Theater and Performing Studies at Stanford University, joins us for a discussion about one of ...
The beauty secrets of the ancient Greeks: find out what makeup and skincare products they were using.
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Romans had a god for everything, and soldiers were especially superstitious. Much of Greek medical thought opted for practicality in the treatment of wounds, and injuries; cleaning and bandaging wounds would have been more logical than putting another talisman about the neck. That said, let us ...
The subjects of his poems, which were composed in the Aeolic Greek dialect, were of various kinds: hymns to the gods; martial or political comment, sometimes quite personal; and lastly love-songs and drinking-songs, the kind of poetry that would be read aloud at a symposium. Alexandrian ...