Greece
There are 1147 items in Greece:
Ctesias of Cnidus
Ctesias of Cnidus: Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. Ctesias wrote several books about Persia and India. These books are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors;…
Cycladic Idol (Chalandriani Type) |
Cynoscephalae (197 BCE)
Battle of Cynoscephalae: decisive battle during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE), in which the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus overcame the Macedonian king Philip V. …
Cynoscephalae, Between the small villages Zoodochos and Chalciades |
Cynoscephalae, Possible location of the battle |
Cynoscephalae, Probable site of a Roman camp, north of Zoodochos |
Cyrene, Uptown, Agora, Demosthenes |
Decelea
Decelea: town in Attica, best known for the fact that the Spartan occupation during the Decelean War (413-404).Although situated on a plain, Athens is surrounded by mountains: Hymettos and Pentelikon in the east, Aigaleos in the west, and Parnes in…Decelean War
Decelean War or Ionian War: name of the last part of the Peloponnesian War (431-404). The first phase, the Archidamian War, had ended in 421 with something that came close to an Athenian victory. However, Athenian diplomatic mistakes, Spartan intransigence,…Delian League
Delian League: modern name of the Athenian alliance, founded after the Persian Wars as a military organization directed against the Achaemenid Empire, but converted by the Athenian politician Pericles into an Athenian empire. In the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), the Spartans tried to…
Delos, Portrait of Alexander the Great |
Delos, Relief of Athena |