Greece
There are 1147 items in Greece:
Pisistratus
Pisistratus (Greek: Πεισίστρατος) tyrant of Athens, died 528/7 BCE. Perfume bottle in the form of a kneeling athlete: evidence for increased…
Pittacus |
Plataea (479 BCE)
Battle of Plataea (479 BCE): decisive battle in the Persian War in which the Greeks overcame the Persian invaders. Plataea, seen…
Plataea, seen from the south |
Plato |
Plato
Plato (427-347): Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates, and one of the most influential thinkers of all ages. Plato The Athenian philosopher Plato is usually called a…Plato on Sicily
Plato In 366 BCE, Dionysius II became tyrant of Syracuse, and his uncle Dion advised him to invite Plato to come…Plotinus
Plotinus (205-270): Greek philosopher, creator of the great synthesis of late Antiquity, called Neo-Platonism.After the age of Posidonius of Apamea, it was not uncommon that philosophers from one school borrowed concepts and ideas from other branches of philosophy. Slowly, the…Plutarch
Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. Bust, believed to…Plutarch on Alexander and Aristotle
Alexander was educated by the great philosopher Aristotle of Stagira. The school at Mieza can still be visited (a little to the east and below modern Naousa). The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea describes the school in sections 7-8 of…Plutarch on Alexander and Bucephalus
One of the most famous stories about Alexander the Great is the anecdote of his taming of Bucephalus. There may be some truth in the account we read in section 6 of the Life of Alexander by the Greek author…Plutarch on Alexander and Diogenes
There were many stories invented about Alexander's behavior on certain occasions; these anecdotes were all intended to show the greatness of the man. In section 14 of his Life of Alexander, the Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea has added the…