Ancient Greece
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Greece is a mountainous country and the ancient Greeks were a hardy, independent people. Their first civilization, the Mycenaean, rested on agriculture but also extended trade networks. A Dark Age... read more |
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There is evidence, argues Adrian Tronson, to suggest that the thirteenth-century Mali empire, and its ruler Sundiata, were strongly influenced by the life of Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, an influence that was to be capitalised on in the late 1950s. |
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Cyme, near the modern Smyrna, was one of the ports that served the Phrygians during the centuries from 1000-700 B.C., when they dominated Asia Minor. Freya Stark studies the civilization of this ancient people, from whom the Greeks derived one of the three modes of classical music. Published in History Today, Volume: 4 Issue: 9, 1954
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Charles Seltman shows how Egyptian memories of Crete and its inhabitants may have given rise to the Platonic legend of the lost island of Atlantis. |
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In legend, Marathon is one of the decisive battles of the world; in fact, Stuart E.P. Atherley suggests, it marked the repulse of a comparatively small “colonial” expedition from Persia. |
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Charles Seltman |
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Charles Seltman helps explain the mysteries of the Diopet. |
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Charles Seltman analyses the role of the darker deity in Ancient Greece. Second of a two part series. The first part can be read here. |
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Charles Seltman visits the Holiest Place of the Greeks. Part I of a two part series. Second part can be read here. |
 Oliver Stone’s 2004 film Alexander portrayed the great Macedonian king as bisexual. Was he also a transvestite? Tony Spawforth looks to uncover the truth. |
 James Romm examines some intriguing new theories about a long-standing historical mystery. |
 Contemporary culture places a high premium on novelty. Armand D’Angour argues that we should consider the more balanced views about old and new found in classical Greece. |
 Robin Waterfield looks at the influence of the mother of Alexander the Great in the years following her son’s death. |
_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall'Orto.jpg) Michael Scott looks at how a time of crisis in the fourth century BC proved a dynamic moment of change for women in the Greek world. |
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Jeri DeBrohun looks at the meanings expressed in the style of clothes and personal adornment adopted by men and women in the ancient world. |
 Paul Cartledge explores the differences between today’s interpretation of the Olympic Games and their significance in the ancient world |
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Richard Cavendish marks the start of a landmark archaeological project, on March 23rd 1900 |
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