Ancient Greece

Parmenio 400 - 330 BC

Macedonian general under Philip II and Alexander the Great. Mathematician, architect, and inventor. Parmenio, known for his contributions in the construction of the city of Alexandria, was victorious over the Illyrians in 356 B.C. In 346 B.C. he was appointed a Macedonian delegate with the task of bringing about peace with Athens. He led an army i...

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Bronze Manufacturing

Manufacturing absorbed small numbers of workers who operated with little mechanical assistance. Of these, a significant number must have been slaves, since no free man worked for wages unless driven to it by poverty. It has been estimated that only about 500 potters and painters were active in 5th century Athens at a time when the city supplied mos...

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Sites for the Study of Ancient History

[General] [Prehistory] [Egypt] [Mesopotamia and Syria-Israel] [Greece and Rome - Art and Archaeology] [Greece and Rome - History and Literature] [Return to Syllabus] Ronald Legon University of Baltimore [Greece] [Resources]...

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Internet Resources: Ancient Greece

General Resources Cretan and Aegean Palace Civilizations Mycenae and Pre-Homeric Greece Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek Art Greek Architecture Greek Philosophy Greek Religion Greek Literature Greek Drama Greek Music Greek Science and Mathematics Greek Language Bibliographies On-line Courses with Resources Newsgroups Search th...

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Look It Up (Greece)

Ross Scaife, Univ. of Kentucky [Greece] [Resources]...

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Warfare in the Greek World

Links from about.com [Greece] [Resources]...

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PINAX ONLINE

An Annotated List of Web Bibliographies on the Ancient Greek World. The purpose of this site is to provide scholars and students interested in any aspect of the Ancient Greek World (language, literature, history, religion, mythology, art and archaeology) with useful and regularly updated links to online bibliographies in their specific domain. [G...

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Classical Art and Architecture

Australian National Univ. [Greece] [Images and Art Collections]...

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Vatican Museums

Christus Rex [Greece] [Images and Art Collections]...

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American Classical League

Devoted to the study of Greek and Latin classical literature. Univ. of Michigan [Greece] [Resources]...

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