Ancient Greece

Silver Decadrachm

ca. 400&endash;375 BC Syracuse 29-126-41 "Racing four-horse chariot with a flying Nike personifying Victory crowning the driver. The space below is filled with captured Punic arms. This spectacular coin may commemorate the victory of Dionysius I over the Carthaginian general Himilcon and the deliverance of Syracuse from its Punic siege in 396 B...

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Trade

Economy, (Includes map of Mediterranean). When Mycenaean society broke up around 1100 BC, the commercial routes that had linked mainland Greece with the rest of the Mediterranean were severed. After a period of prolonged recovery, the Greeks began colonizing the shore regions of the Mediterranean and Black seas. This movement (ca. 750-550 BC) was p...

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Peloponnesian War and History

Peloponnesian War [Greece Ancient War Links]...

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The Olympian Gods: Images and Texts

Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources...

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Other Stories about Hercules

Hercules' adventures didn't begin and end with his 12 Labors. The hero's life was non-stop action, from start to finish. Like Superman or Xena, Hercules faced a never-ending cast of villains and difficult situations....

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Dionysos texts: Classical Myth

Dionysos is the god of wine, intoxication, and creative ecstasy. He is also known as Dionysus, Bacchus or Bakchos, and Liber (Roman)....

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The Greek House

Greek city houses of the 6th and 5th century b.c. were usually modest in scale and built of relatively inexpensive materials. They varied from two or three rooms clustered around a small court to a dozen or so rooms. City house exteriors presented a plain facade to the street, broken only by the door and a few small windows set high. In larger hous...

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Interactive Map of Greece

An interactive map of Greece is a digital map that allows users to explore the country in a variety of ways. Users can zoom in and out of the map, pan to different areas, and click on different features to learn more about them. Interactive maps of Greece often include a variety of features, such as: Points of interest: Points of interest (POIs) ar...

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Plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War

Peloponnesian War [Greece Ancient War Links]...

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The Olympian Gods: Images and Texts

Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athene, Demeter, Dionysos, Hades, Hephaistos, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Persephone, Poseidon, Zeus,...

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