Ancient Greek Civilization

possess today a large collection of medical treatises written in Greek that circulated under the name of H ...

Nowhere is this more horrifyingly displayed than in the section of his history known as the “Melian Dialogue ...

The Invention of “the Classical” In fact, many of the most glorious achievements of Greek, and particu ...

Figure 47 Plan of the acropolis in Athens in the second century AD (1 = Parthenon, 2 = Erechtheum, 3 = Pr ...

At the time of its construction, the Parthenon was the largest building ever to have been erected in mainl ...

Figure 49 The Parthenon as seen from the northwest. Source: © David Ball / Alamy Stock Photo. PEDIMENT ...

mythical time or the present day, the participants in the procession give every impression of being contem ...

Figure 51 Plaster cast of the south frieze of the Parthenon, showing sacrificial victim being led in procession; h ...

Figure 52 Plaster cast of the east frieze of the Parthenon, showing girls and men (serving as marshals?) in p ...

Peloponnesian War. The Propylaea used the same Pentelic marble as the Parthenon and harmonized with it in ...

Figure 53 The Erechtheum as seen from the west; width (north to south) 23.1 m, length (east to west) ...

Figure 54 The Temple of Athena Nike (right) seen from the northwest; length (north to south) 8.2 m, width (e ...

acknowledged and worshipped throughout the Greek world, but their roles might differ from one polis to anoth ...

worship them. For this reason, it could be dangerous to oppose the introduction of a new cult, but it was ...

interpretation, with its own Facebook page (facebook.com/parthenonenigma), of the meaning of the Parthenon sculptur ...

museum, accessed March 29, 2016) allows one to “walk” digitally through the exhibit of the Parthenon frieze, now ho ...

10 STAGE AND LAW COURT IN LATE FIFTH-CENTURY ATHENS Euripides Aristophanes Socrates Three Athenian contemporaries ...

could conveniently be blamed for any military reverses and for all inconveniences occasioned by the war, as wel ...

Figure 55 Terracotta figurine of a masked tragic actor portraying Heracles, T 862; height 8 cm, ca. 250 ...

some justification, we are bound to feel – on the husband who has cast her aside. We watch in horror as M ...