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Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece”
Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?
Greek City Times1d
Spartan warriors engaged in an unusual ritual of combing their hair before battle
For the Spartans, hair combing before the battle displayed their readiness to face death with calm and courage, an act meant ...
Greek Reporter1d
Who Was Hermione in Greek Mythology, and What Was Her Significance?
Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek ...
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Discovering the ancient city-state called Sparta
Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in antiquity. The ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese in Greece, Sparta was a warrior society where males aged seven ...
Neos Kosmos3d
The Origins of Peace: John Martino on Olympia and the birth of the Olympic Games
John A. Martino and Michael P. O'Kane's historical novel 'Olympia and the Birth of the Olympic Games' takes readers to the dawn of an "ancient Hellenic civilisation" following the Greek Dark Ages.
Fulton County judge rules railroad can seize land
The railroad wants to condemn a strip of property running four and a half miles to build rail line to serve a rock quarry near Sparta.
Greek City Times6d
Eurysthenes, a descendant of Heracles who led the Dorian conquest of the Peloponnesus
Born in the 11th century BCE, Eurysthenes was the twin son of Aristodemus, himself a descendant of Heracles. He became the ...