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The Ecole Initiative: The Eleusinian Mysteries

The Eleusinian Mysteries, held annually in honor of Demeter and Persephone, were the most sacred and revered of all the ritual celebrations of ancient Greece. They were instituted in the city of Eleusis, some twenty-two kilometers west of Athens, possibly as far back as the early Mycenaean period, and continued for almost two thousand years. Large ...

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The Geography of Ancient Greece

Greece is located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsula, with water on three sides. There are also many Greek islands. Rhodes and Crete were two of the larger islands. Sparta and Athens were the major cities of ancient Greece. Central Greece is broken up by hills and mountains. It was hard for the ancient Greeks to travel through these areas....

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A Taste of the Ancient World: Greco-Roman eating, drinking,

and farming. An exhibit about Greco-Roman eating and drinking, farming and starving presented by undergraduates in Classical Civilization 452: Food in the Ancient World. The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology...

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Philip of Macedon: The King Who Paved the Way for an Empire

Philip II of Macedon (r. 359–336 B.C.), the father of Alexander the Great, was a ruler of extraordinary vision, military brilliance, and political cunning. Under his leadership, the once-overlooked kingdom of Macedon rose from obscurity to dominate Greece and lay the foundation for Alexander’s legendary conquests. Philip’s legacy is one of transfor...

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Bulfinch`s Mythology, The Trojan War

MINERVA (Athena) was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with Juno (Hera) and Venus (Aphrodite) for the prize of beauty. FURTHER BROWSING AND SEARCHING; Browse THE OLYMPIAN GODS; Search ENCYLOPEDIA MYTHICA; Browse MYTHOLOGY IN WESTERN ART; Search PERSEUS; Browse HOMER`S ILIAD (Butler...

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Hellenistic Greece: The Legacy of Alexander the Great

The story of Hellenistic Greece begins with one of history's most extraordinary figures: Alexander the Great. His conquests not only reshaped the ancient world but also set the stage for an era of unparalleled cultural and intellectual fusion, forever altering the course of history. Alexander’s Vision and Conquests Born in 356 BCE in Macedon, Alexa...

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The History of Plumbing - Greece

Until Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, rampaged through and destroyed the city in 432 B.C., Olynthus was a rich and flourishing metropolis, its people enjoying the luxury of the latest plumbing innovation-bathtubs. Excavations at Olynthus, in northern Greece, attest to tiled bathrooms and self-draining tubs. Several of the tubs hav...

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Greek Art and Architecture

Art and Architecture in Ancient Greece....

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Ancient Greek Infantry Table of Contents

I. Tactical Warfare: Formation of the phalanx; defensive and offensive fronts. II. Armor and Weapons: Hoplite armaments, shields, swords etc.; chariots. III. Military Hierarchy: Infrastructure from Generals to "packers". IV. Military Pay: Integration of monetary funds for military duties, mercenaries. V. Military Duty: Duty to the state and to the ...

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Hellenistic Greece: The Age of Cultural Fusion and Expansion

Hellenistic Greece marks one of the most dynamic and transformative periods in ancient history, spanning from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BCE. This era is defined not only by the political upheavals following Alexander’s empire but also by the unprecedented spread of Greek culture across a vast...

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