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Pausanias
Pausanias (†470 BCE): Spartan prince from the Agiad dynasty, commander of the Greek troops that defeated the Persians at Plataea (479 BCE). He is not to be confused with the author of the . …
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Pausanias
Pausanias (c.125-c.180?): Greek author, writer of a Description of Greece. Portrait of a Roman man, third quarter of the second century No…Pediment
Pediment: the (usually triangular) upper part of a gable in an ancient building, often decorated with a relief. Pediment of a…Pelasgians
Pelasgians (Greek Πελασγοί): legendary indigenous population of Greece.The Limits of Knowledge Herodotus The ancient Greeks only understood their direct neighbors. For example, the…Pella, Archaeological Museum
The museum of Pella used to be a small building, across the street from the excavations. Recently, however, the collection has been transferred to a spacious new building in a completely different part of the ancient capital of Macedonia. It…
Pella, Statuette of a horseman |
Peloponnesian League
Peloponnesian League: modern name for the alliance of Sparta. This informal coalition of towns on the Peloponnese had its origins in the Archaic period; in the classical age, it was opposed to (and overcame) the Delian League of Athens. …Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War: name of the conflict between Athens and Sparta that broke out in 431 and continued, with an interruption, until 404. Athens was forced to dismantle its empire. The war however, was not decisive, because within a decade, the…Penteconter
Pentekonter (Greek πεντηκόντορος): a small warship with fifty rowers, popular in the Archaic Age of Greece. Vase painting of an archaic…Perge
Perge (Greek: Πέργη): important city in ancient Pamphylia.History Alexander the Great According to legend, the Pamphylian towns were founded by Greeks in…
Heracles and the Nemean Lion |