Distributor:Discovery Channel School This educational video follows the conquests of Alexander the Great, explores the philosophies of Socrates and Plato, and highlights the mythology of Homer’s…
Ancient Greece and Macedon: RulersDraco, Athenian politician (c. 621 B.C.)Solon, chief magistrate of Athens (594–546 B.C.)Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens (605?–527 B.C.)Hippias, tyrant of Athens (…
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MYCENAEAN KINGS? WHO DID THE ANCIENT GREEKS WORSHIP? WHAT WERE ANCIENT GREEK PLAYS ABOUT? WHY DID THE GREEKS VALUE SPORTS? BIOGRAPHY: ALEXANDER THE GREAT 356–323 BC CITY-…
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(Encyclopedia) Olympia, ancient city, important center of the worship of Zeus in ancient Greece, in Elis near the Alpheus (now Alfiós) R. It was the scene of the Olympic games. The great temple of…
(Encyclopedia) LaconiaLaconialəkōˈnēə [key] or LacedaemonLacedaemonlăsˌədēˈmən [key], ancient region, S Peloponnesus, Greece, bounded on the W by Messenia and on the N by Arcadia and Argolis. On the…
(Encyclopedia) ArgosArgosärˈgŏs, –gəs [key], city of ancient Greece, in NE Peloponnesus, 3 mi (4.8 km) inland from the Gulf of Argos, near the modern Nauplia. It was occupied from the early Bronze…
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