Ancient Greece

Hellas Net: The History of Hellas

Excellent resource from the bronze age to the Roman era. The history of Hellas starts somewhere in the prehistory, but the Glory of Greece starts with the Mycenaean civilisation which was influenced by a "forgotten" civilisation: the Minoic kingdom. Dark ages follow this golden era, but the pattern for the future is set with the invasion of the Dor...

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Map of Trade Routes and Empires

Map of Trade Routes and great empires of the 1st Century AD....

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Areopagus (Mars Hill), Athens

In classical times, the Areopagus functioned as the chief homicide court of Athens. Ares was supposed to have been tried here by the Gods for the murder of Poseidon's son Alirrothios. Another legend states that the hill was the site of the trial of Orestes for killing his stepmother and her lover, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. In pre-classical times...

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The Philopappos Monument

The Ancient City of Athens: The Philopappos Monument...

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Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Temple of Olympian Zeus, "Peisistratid" column drums, Panathenaic Stadium. The graceful ruins of the Temple of the Olympian Zeus can be clearly seen from the Acropolis, and are floodlit at night. The temple is made of fine marble brought from Mount Pentelus and originally measured 96 meters long and 40 meters wide. Hadrian had erected a giant gol...

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The Pnyx

The Ancient City of Athens: The Pnyx: Meeting Place of the Ancient Athenian Democratic Assembly. Pnyx, Bema (Speaker's Platform), Sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos....

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The Kerameikos

The Ancient City of Athens at Indiana University, Bloomington. Lots of images of: Kerameikos Cemetery, Public & Private Grave Monuments, "Themistoklean" Wall, Sacred Gate, Dipylon Gate, Pompeion....

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The Agora

The Ancient City of Athens at Indiana University, Bloomington. Lots of images of The Agora: Commercial & Civic Center of Ancient Athens. Royal Stoa, Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, Temple of Apollo Patroos, Metroon, Bouleuterion, Tholos, Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, Hephaisteion, Altar of the 12 Gods, Stoa of Attalos, Church of the Holy Apostles...

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Greek Art

Art Images By The University of Haifa Library, Haifa, Israel. Large selection of images....

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Helen of Troy

one page from History of Women through Art....

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