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Homer
Homer: legendary Greek poet, author of the Iliad and Odyssey. Homer The Greeks and Romans always thought that the legendary poet Homer…
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![]() Homer. Glyptothek, München (Germany) |
Homer on the Cyclopes
Your caption text here In the Odyssey, the legendary poet Homer describes many countries and islands in the seas west of…Hoplite
Hoplites (Greek: Ὁπλιτης): ancient Greek soldiers, armed with spears and shields. A running hoplite (without greaves) The hoplites were the main soldiers of…
![]() Fifth-century hoplite. |
![]() Hvar, Graeco-Illyrian helmet |
![]() Hvar, Stari Grad, Boundary inscription |
![]() Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant |
Iliad
Iliad: Homer's famous epic about the wrath of Achilles, the main poem of the Epic Cycle, and the beginning of Greek literature. …Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans: general name for the people speaking an Indo-European language. They are (linguistic) descendants of the people of the Yamnaya culture (c.3600-2300 BCE) in Ukraine and southern Russia, and settled in the area from Western Europe to India in various migrations in…Insula
Insula ("island"): Latin name for a housing block in a city built according to the Hippodamian Plan. The insulae of Pompeii…