At other times, Sparta engaged in disputes with its rival Greek city ... might need. Spartan wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power ... the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. than in any other Greek city-state. Full citizens had ample time for entertainments ...

"This piece is a rare and exceptionally well-preserved bronze helmet from ancient Greece, likely associated with a Spartan ...

The ancient Greeks at war Learn about ancient Greek soldiers, the Spartan soldier state and read ... about different ancient Greek festivals and art. How did the ancient Greeks change the world?

It is known as a dark age because nobody knows much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared ... would call themselves Spartan first, and Greek second.

So clearly it was learned early on in human history that art as personal adornment enhanced your status. Modern politicians use political techniques invented by rulers of old, but instead of paint ...

Ioanna Sakellaraki, a Greek photographer based in Brussels ... to document some of the last remaining representatives of the art of moirologia. She tracked down the mourners, some of them more ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...