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Socrates and Alcibiades by Kristian Zahrtmann (1910) Statens Museum for Kunst (Public Domain) — 15 May 2023

Athens’ Alcibiades: Charming Playboy, Conniving Politician Or Treacherous Opportunist?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Pericles and Alcibiades were both descendants of the Alkmeonidai, an ancient Athenian aristocratic family. Pericles (495 – 429 BC) was an influential Athenian politician and general in the fifth century BC, who led Athens into the Golden Age....
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Socrates and Alcibiades by Kristian Zahrtmann (1910) Statens Museum for Kunst (Public Domain) — 15 May 2023

Athens’ Alcibiades: Charming Playboy, Conniving Politician Or Treacherous Opportunist?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Pericles and Alcibiades were both descendants of the Alkmeonidai, an ancient Athenian aristocratic family. Pericles (495 – 429 BC) was an influential Athenian politician and general in the fifth century BC, who led Athens into the Golden Age....
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The modern port of Aegina, where its merchant and naval vessels used to dock. (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 31 Mar 2023

Greece’s Saronic Gulf Islands: Aegina And Salamis, Opposing Alliances

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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As the temples of the gods dotted the coast of Attica in Greece, so across the horseshoe shaped Saronic Gulf, they also had their temples along the east coast of the Argolis region of the Peloponnese. Saron the third king of the city-state of...
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The modern port of Aegina, where its merchant and naval vessels used to dock. (Image: Courtesy Micki Pistorius) — 31 Mar 2023

Greece’s Saronic Gulf Islands: Aegina And Salamis, Opposing Alliances

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

As the temples of the gods dotted the coast of Attica in Greece, so across the horseshoe shaped Saronic Gulf, they also had their temples along the east coast of the Argolis region of the Peloponnese. Saron the third king of the city-state of...
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Spartan woman with warrior in the background (serhiibobyk / Adobe Stock) — 12 Dec 2022

The Slaveholding City-State Of Sparta’s Liberated Women

By Mary Naples

History & Tradition

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On the face of it, Spartans might have felt right at home living under the iron fist of the Third Reich given that this city-state—more than any other in the Greek world—- sacrificed individuality on the altar of authoritarianism. In addition...
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Spartan woman with warrior in the background (serhiibobyk / Adobe Stock) — 12 Dec 2022

The Slaveholding City-State Of Sparta’s Liberated Women

By Mary Naples

History & Tradition

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On the face of it, Spartans might have felt right at home living under the iron fist of the Third Reich given that this city-state—more than any other in the Greek world—- sacrificed individuality on the altar of authoritarianism. In addition...
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Spartan women upon handing their sons their shields, instructed them to come home — 19 Jan 2022

Antiquity’s Fierce Child Warriors Who Died For Their Tribes

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Standing at the spearhead of many of history's greatest battles were battalions of grotesque weapon wielding, combat-trained children, as ready and willing as their parents to die for their city-states, families and tribes. Modern media generally...
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Spartan women upon handing their sons their shields, instructed them to come home — 19 Jan 2022

Antiquity’s Fierce Child Warriors Who Died For Their Tribes

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Standing at the spearhead of many of history's greatest battles were battalions of grotesque weapon wielding, combat-trained children, as ready and willing as their parents to die for their city-states, families and tribes. Modern media generally...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David (1814). (Public Domain) — 18 Aug 2021

Thermopylae A Speedbump for the Persian War Machine

By Myke Cole

History & Tradition

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If there is a single event that made Sparta’s military legend a seminal moment when the ‘Bronze Lie’ was forged, it is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, fought 10 years after Marathon. Nearly everything committed to popular memory about...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David (1814). (Public Domain) — 18 Aug 2021

Thermopylae A Speedbump for the Persian War Machine

By Myke Cole

History & Tradition

1

If there is a single event that made Sparta’s military legend a seminal moment when the ‘Bronze Lie’ was forged, it is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, fought 10 years after Marathon. Nearly everything committed to popular memory about...
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A Quadriga, with woman riding in a triumphal chariot. France. — 10 Aug 2016

Worshipers, Rule-Breakers and Champions: Women and the Ancient Greek Olympics

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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One of the aspects of culture regarded as distinctive to the ancient Greeks was their pursuit of sport. Apart from its function as the act of worship to Zeus, athletic competition, particularly at the major Pan-Hellenic sites, was also a means for...
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A Quadriga, with woman riding in a triumphal chariot. France. — 10 Aug 2016

Worshipers, Rule-Breakers and Champions: Women and the Ancient Greek Olympics

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

0

One of the aspects of culture regarded as distinctive to the ancient Greeks was their pursuit of sport. Apart from its function as the act of worship to Zeus, athletic competition, particularly at the major Pan-Hellenic sites, was also a means for...
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