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Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece — 08 Feb 2021

Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Greece, a modern country found in Southeastern Europe, has for more than a thousand years presented the world with famous battles, fine art, wine, poetry, gods, and tales that at times bewilder the mind. But none of this could have happened had it...
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Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece — 08 Feb 2021

Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Greece, a modern country found in Southeastern Europe, has for more than a thousand years presented the world with famous battles, fine art, wine, poetry, gods, and tales that at times bewilder the mind. But none of this could have happened had it...
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Alexander on horse at the battle of Issos. Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museum. (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 25 Oct 2019

Herodotus’ Fish-Eating Horses and Founding Myth of the Macedon Royal Lineage

By david grant

Archaeology & Science

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In Greece, Alexander the Great is coveted as a national hero; the cluster of royal tombs discovered in 1977 at the archaeological site of Vergina, which is thought have housed Alexander’s father, Philip II (reigned 359-336 BC), is cherished as a...
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Alexander on horse at the battle of Issos. Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museum. (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 25 Oct 2019

Herodotus’ Fish-Eating Horses and Founding Myth of the Macedon Royal Lineage

By david grant

Archaeology & Science

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In Greece, Alexander the Great is coveted as a national hero; the cluster of royal tombs discovered in 1977 at the archaeological site of Vergina, which is thought have housed Alexander’s father, Philip II (reigned 359-336 BC), is cherished as a...
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The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount Helicon. — 02 Nov 2018

Hesiod’s Concerns About Economics and Polis During the Greek Dark Age

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Greek Dark Age fits between the Late Bronze Age Collapse - often alternately referred to as the Mycenaean Civilization Collapse, around 1200 BC - and the Greek Archaic Period, around 800 BC. The Late Dark Age’s catastrophic end was foreshown...
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The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount Helicon. — 02 Nov 2018

Hesiod’s Concerns About Economics and Polis During the Greek Dark Age

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Greek Dark Age fits between the Late Bronze Age Collapse - often alternately referred to as the Mycenaean Civilization Collapse, around 1200 BC - and the Greek Archaic Period, around 800 BC. The Late Dark Age’s catastrophic end was foreshown...
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Madyes: Master of Asia, Historical Enigma — 06 Jan 2017

Madyes: Master of Asia, Historical Enigma

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Madyes, the mysterious Scythian stepped onto the world stage. There is not a great deal of information about him, nor has his name turned up in any of the Assyrian tablets. Herodotus and Strabo are the only two writers who mention him other than...
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Madyes: Master of Asia, Historical Enigma — 06 Jan 2017

Madyes: Master of Asia, Historical Enigma

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Madyes, the mysterious Scythian stepped onto the world stage. There is not a great deal of information about him, nor has his name turned up in any of the Assyrian tablets. Herodotus and Strabo are the only two writers who mention him other than...
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Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World — 20 Oct 2016

Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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For thousands of years, we turned to history to explain the what, why and how an event happened. Although “historian” did not become a professional occupation until the late nineteenth century, the purpose of the investigation and analysis of...
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Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World — 20 Oct 2016

Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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For thousands of years, we turned to history to explain the what, why and how an event happened. Although “historian” did not become a professional occupation until the late nineteenth century, the purpose of the investigation and analysis of...
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Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II — 05 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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According to the popular Greek historian Herodotus, Cyrus went on his last campaign to subdue the Massagetae, a tribe located in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan around 530 BCE, where he would...
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Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II — 05 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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According to the popular Greek historian Herodotus, Cyrus went on his last campaign to subdue the Massagetae, a tribe located in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan around 530 BCE, where he would...
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Deriv; Relief of Darius in Persepolis and roaring lion frieze found in the Apadana (Darius the Great's palace) in Susa. — 12 Aug 2016

Did Darius Hijack the Persian Throne? Ancient Coup and the Rise of Darius the Great – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cambyses II began his rule around 530 BCE, maybe 529 BCE, and his reign ended in 522 BCE. Not much is known about Cambyses since he left no inscriptions of his own. Only Herodotus and the Egyptians seem to write about him, the Bible speaks silently...
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Deriv; Relief of Darius in Persepolis and roaring lion frieze found in the Apadana (Darius the Great's palace) in Susa. — 12 Aug 2016

Did Darius Hijack the Persian Throne? Ancient Coup and the Rise of Darius the Great – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cambyses II began his rule around 530 BCE, maybe 529 BCE, and his reign ended in 522 BCE. Not much is known about Cambyses since he left no inscriptions of his own. Only Herodotus and the Egyptians seem to write about him, the Bible speaks silently...
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