Ancient Greece

Pottery in the Ancient Greek World

Pottery provides the best archaeological evidence for the movements of the Greeks and the distribution of their trade around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. Central and northern Italian Etruscan cemeteries are particularly informative as their tombs have yielded thousands of Greek vases. It is difficult to estimate what percentage of these ...

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Revolution at Corcyra: Thucydides

The History of the Peloponnesian War [Greece Ancient War Links]...

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Hercules, Greece's Greatest Hero

The most popular of Greek heroes, Hercules (sometimes called "Herakles") was celebrated in stories, sculptures, paintings, and even in the geography of the ancient world. What stories did the ancient Greeks tell about his life? What were the Labors of Hercules, anyway? Who were the women, both goddesses and mortals, in his life? And where in the an...

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Hades - the God and the Place - The Underworld

Even though Thanatos was the literal god of death, Hades became better known as the God of Darkness and the Realm of the Dead, thus the ruler of the Underworld (also known as Hades)....

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Bronze ´Corinthian´ Helmet

ca. 600 BC Italy MS 1608 The most common type of helmet in use during the Archaic period. Beaten out of a single sheet of bronze, it provided good protection to the forehead, nose and cheek areas. The two cheek pieces are separated to leave a gap exposing the mouth. Its shape only approximates the contours of the human skull, necessitating a fur or...

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Coinage Types in Ancient Greece

Economy (Univ. Penn.)...

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Precious Oils and Cosmetics in the ancient Greek World

Greek perfumes and cosmetics have long since evaporated or turned to dust, leaving behind only written references to their importance and the containers that once held them. From Homer's day forward, precious oils, perfumes, cosmetic powders, eye shadows, skin glosses and paints, beauty unguents, and even hair dyes seem to have been in near univers...

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Revolution at Corcyra: Thucydides

The History of the Peloponnesian War [Greece Ancient War Links]...

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The Labors of Hercules

The most popular of Greek heroes, Hercules (sometimes called "Herakles") was celebrated in stories, sculptures, paintings, and even in the geography of the ancient world. [The Lion, the Hydra, etc.]...

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Song of the Sirens

Today, Sirens (Seirenes) are imagined as sweet, alluring singers in the shape of a woman or mermaid. In early Greek mythology, sirens were actually prophets and described as having bodies of a bird and beautiful human heads....

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