Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

History of Ancient Greece.

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Law and justice in ancient Babylon

History; Ancient Greece

Law and justice played an important role in ancient Babylon. Shamash, the sun god was said to be the god of law and justice and as a result all Babylonians believed he gave mankind throughout the ...

The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures that were originally park of the Parthenon and other building on the Acropolis of Athens. Today they are housed in the British ...

Sophocles

History; Ancient Greece

Important tragic dramatist of Athens who was active from 468 to 406 BC. Sophocles is remembered for the intensity of his tragedies, in which flawed personalities are confronted by appalling choices. ...

Archimedes

History; Ancient Greece

Outstanding mathematician of ancient Greece who experimented in fields as varied as astronomy, the measurement of volumes, hydrostatics and notation. He is also remembered for his inventions, such as ...

Eratosthenes

History; Ancient Greece

Greek intellectual and scholar (c.285-194 BC) who was chief librarian at the famous library in Alexandria. Remembered as a poet, historian, literary critic, philosopher, geographer and mathematician, ...

Alexander the Great

History; Ancient Greece

One of the great conquerors in world history, Alexander inherited the throne of Macedonia in 336 BC from his father, Philip II. A charismatic and courageous leader, Alexander subdued mainland Greece ...

Corinthian league

History; Ancient Greece

League of Greek cities established at Corinth in 338 BC by Philip II of Macedon to perpetuate Macedonian control over Greece. The league was sustained by Alexander the Great but broke up on his ...