Greece

There are 1147 items in Greece:

Themistocles

Themistocles (c.525-459): Athenian military commander, statesman, and one of the main architects of the Athenian Empire.Early Career Themistocles. Museum of Ostia…

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Theopompus

Theopompus of Chios (378-ca.320): Greek historian, one of the representatives of the "rhetorical history".According to a brief Byzantine biography, Theopompus, the son of Damasistratus, was born in the year that corresponds with our 378/377. This was the age in which…

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Thera

Thera (Greek Θήρα): island in the Aegean Sea, also known as Santorini. Akrotiri, Wall painting of antelopes Thera is a volcanic island and…

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Thermopylae

Thermopylae (Greek: Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles, of which the Spartan defeat against the Persian invaders in 480 is the most famous. …

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