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The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. They began as a religious festival, were held every four years and continued for a thousand years. They were held in a sacred, fertile valley of Ancient Greece at a place called Olympia. Australian Sports Commission [The University of Pennsylvania Museum]...

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European Cuisines: Greece

Recipes. Greece is a country of magnificent natural beauty, archeological treasures, warm, friendly people, and incredibly delicious food. As Europe`s oldest civilization, the Greek people began their culinary history 1,000 years b.c., and Greek recipes have since come to influence many other of the world`s cuisines. The ancient Romans called upon ...

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Pre-Socratic Philosophy

Pre-Socratic philosophy refers to the period of ancient Greek philosophy before Socrates, who lived in the 5th century BCE. This era is characterized by the works of thinkers such as Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and many others who laid the foundation for Western philosophy. One of the key features of Pre-Socratic philo...

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Schooling

Education in schools in ancient Athens was at first limited to aristocratic boys. By the 4th century b.c. all 18-year-old males spent two years in a gymnasion, a state school devoted to the overall physical and intellectual development of a young man. More advanced education in philosophy, mathematics, logic and rhetoric was available to the aristo...

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Classical and Hellenistic Greece

This portion of the web points to images and information about ancient Greece. Each subpage contains pointers to relevant websites, as well as student-authored descriptions of them. Archaeology, Art and Architecture, History, Literature, Mythology and Religion, Philosophy [Ancient Greece]...

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Greek Drama

Greek drama originated in ancient Greece around the 5th century BC and is considered one of the most influential forms of theatre in history. It was a form of entertainment that encompassed both tragedy and comedy, with playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides producing some of the most renowned works in the genre. Tragedy, a key compo...

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The Ancient Greek World - University of Pennsylvania

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Women's Dress and Toilet Articles

Women´s clothes underwent relatively few changes in style in the course of antiquity. Clothes were normally made at home from locally available wool or flax (used to make linen). The two most commonly worn garments were the chiton or tunic and the himation or cloak....

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Map: Alexander in the East

Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history. His conquests stretched from Greece to Egypt, all the way to the borders of India. This map illustrates the extent of Alexander's empire in the East. As a young king of Macedonia, Alexander set out to conquer the known world. His military campaigns brought Greek cul...

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The Carlos Museums Collection - Classical Art

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