Greece

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Amsterdam, Allard Piersonmuseum

The Allard Piersonmuseum, the home of the archaeological collection of the University of Amsterdam, is one of the nicest museums I know. I may be biased, though, because Amsterdam is my hometown. I cycle along the museum nearly every day…

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Antisthenes

Antisthenes (c.445-c.365): influential Athenian philosopher, pupil of Socrates, co-founder of the Cynical school. Antisthenes In the decade after the death of Socrates,…

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Apella

Apella (Greek: Ἀπέλλα): people's assembly in Sparta, of which the homoioi could vote.According to the Greek biographer/philosopher Plutarch, the monthly assembly of the Spartan men - free-born, more than thirty years old - had been instituted by Lycurgus, the legendary legislator…

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