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Ancient Greece

History of Ancient Greece.

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Acropolis

History; Ancient Greece

Literally the 'high part' of any Greek city, often used as a centre for defense. The most famous acropolis is in Athens; it became the ceremonial and religious centre of the city and home of the ...

Athens

History; Ancient Greece

The capital city of modern Greece. In ancient times Athens was a powerful city-state with its own government, laws, army and navy.

Delphi

History; Ancient Greece

A city to the west of Athens, with the famous Oracle of Delphi. People went to consult the Oracle for advice from the gods.

Aristophanes

History; Ancient Greece

Lived from about 450 to 385 BC. He wrote comedy plays comedies for the theatre in Athens.

Treaty of Tempea

History; Ancient Greece

(196 BC) Ends the Second Macedonian War.

Knossos

History; Ancient Greece

One of the oldest inhabited sites in Crete and, from 2000 BC, the site of the most impressive and sophisticated palace complex of the Minoan civilization. It was even designed to withstand ...

Phaistos

History; Ancient Greece

Minoan palace site on the south coast of Crete, important from 2000 BC until it was destroyed with the other Minoan palaces in about 1450 BC. It is famous for the Phaistos disk, whose circular ...