Hellenistic
There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:
"Laodice"
"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Mithridates II of Pontus Children: Laodice III; another Laodice; Mithridates III of Pontus (?) Main deeds In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II…A fake source on Alexander the Great
The texts known as the "Sibylline oracles" were collected between the second century BCE and seventh century CE. They derive their name from Sibyl, a word indicating a prophetess; there were some ten or twelve of these ladies and there…Abydus (Çanakkale)
Abydus: city on the southeastern shore of the Hellespont, modern Çanakkale.Abydus, already mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, note[Homer, Iliad 2.836.] was an important Greek city on a promontory on the southeastern bank of the Hellespont. That it was easy to…
Papyrus with an account of the Siege of Rhodes |
Achaean League
Achaean League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν): confederation of Greek city states, focused on but not limited to the northern Peloponnese. It was important in the third and early second centuries BCE. …Acragas (Agrigento)
Acragas (Greek Ἀκράγας): Greek town in southern Sicily, modern Agrigento. The so-called Temple of Concord Situated more or less in the center…
Acrocorinth, Hellenistic statuette of Aphrodite |
Acropolis
Acropolis (Greek ἀκρόπολις, "upper city"): the citadel of an ancient Greek town. Corinth: temple of Apollo and Acrocorinth The acropolis of a Greek…Adana
Adana: town in Cilicia. Adana, bust of Hadrian Originally, Adana used to be less important a city than nearby Tarsus, which had…
Aegina, Ptolemy VI Philometor |
Aetolian League
Aetolian League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν): confederation of Greek city states, focused on but not limited to western Greece. It was important in the third and early second centuries BCE. …
Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base |