Jona Lendering
Jona Lendering read history at Leiden University (MA 1993), specialized in Mediterranean culture at the Amsterdam Free University (MA 1996), and worked at excavations in Holland (Riethoven) and Greece (Halos). After teaching historical theory and ancient history at the Free University for several years, he was one of the founders of a school for history teaching, Livius Onderwijs. Born in Amsterdam, it has now spread to auxiliary locations in Bussum, Dronten, Gouda, Haarlem, Hoorn, Schagen, Zaanstad, and Zoetermeer. As of 2013, Livius Onderwijs has eight teachers, about 500-600 students a year, and offers tours to countries like Italy, Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon. The field trips help to etch into the students' minds some of what they've learned at the school.
Because history is for a large part telling a story, something you do best in your own language, Lendering prefers to publish in Dutch journals. However, he has contributed to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Ancient Warfare, while he is the founder of Ancient History Magazine. He is also the publisher and editor of the on-line publication of the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period, a set of important cuneiform sources for the history of the Seleucid and Parthian Near East, transcribed, translated and commented on by Bert van der Spek of the Free University Amsterdam and Irving Finkel of the British Museum. A publication as book is in preparation.
Lendering has written several books and maintains a blog in Dutch. He is the author of several books, including Edge of Empire and Consensus and Crises. For the Livius website, which has received several awards, he collaborates closely with Bill Thayer of LacusCurtius. Lendering is also the webmaster of two daily blogs, the MainzerBeobachter.com and Grondslagen.net.
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Pindar
Pindar (518-438): famous Greek poet, well known for his odes. Pindar The name of the Boeotian poet Pindar will forever be connected…Piraeus
Piraeus (Greek: Πειραιεύς): main port of ancient Athens.Piraeus' Origins Piraeus and Athens Originally a rocky island, losely connected to the mainland; the…Piraeus, Archaeological Museum
Collection of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman art from Piraeus, the port of Athens. Splendid bronzes. There are 17 items in Piraeus, Archaeological Museum: …
Piraeus, Funerary stela with ball players |
Piraeus, Julian the Apostate |
Piraeus, Relief of Cybele (small figures of Hermes and Hecate) |
Piraeus, Relief of Cybele, Hecate, and Hermes |
Pisistratus
Pisistratus (Greek: Πεισίστρατος) tyrant of Athens, died 528/7 BCE. Perfume bottle in the form of a kneeling athlete: evidence for increased…Pissuthnes
Pissuthnes (Old Persian Pišišyaothna; c.470-c.415): Persian satrap of Lydia, revolted against king Darius II Nothus in 420-415 BCE. Achaemenid nobleman Pissuthnes was…Pithecusae
Pithecusae (Greek: Πιθηκοῦσαι): small island in front of the Bay of Naples, first Greek settlement in Central Italy. The modern name is Ischia.In front of the Bay of Naples are several small islands. Pithecusae is the largest of these and was…Pithos
PithosPixodarus
Pixodarus: satrap of Caria between 340 and 334, last ruler from the Hecatomnid dynasty.Pixodarus was the youngest son of Hecatomnus, who had obtained the satrapy of Caria in 392/391. He had been succeeded by his oldest son Maussolus, his oldest…