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![The Delian League, Part 2: From Eurymedon to the Thirty Years Peace (465/4-445/4 BCE)](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1260.png?v=1711380786)
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The Delian League, Part 2: From Eurymedon to the Thirty Years Peace (465/4-445/4 BCE)
This text is part of an article series on the Delian League. The second phase of the Delian League's operations begins with the Hellenic victory over Mede forces at Eurymedon and ends with the Thirty Years Peace between Athens and...
![The Shield of Heracles: The Complete Poem](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2862.jpg?v=1641078902)
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The Shield of Heracles: The Complete Poem
The Shield of Heracles (also known as The Shield of Herakles and, in the original, Aspis Herakleous) is a poem of 480 hexameter lines written by an unknown Greek poet in the style of Hesiod (lived 8th century BCE). It deals with the Greek...
![West Pediment, Temple of Zeus, Olympia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/423.jpg?v=1677103565)
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West Pediment, Temple of Zeus, Olympia
The west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia representing the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs in Thessaly. Symbolic of the greek victory over barbarians or reason over savage nature. Severe style sculpture, c. 460 BCE. Olympia...
![Agios Triadas Monastery, Meteora](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9702.jpg?v=1603368902)
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Agios Triadas Monastery, Meteora
The Agios Triadas monastery at Meteora, Thessaly, Greece. Most of the monasteries at Meteora were founded in the 14th century CE.
![Byzantine Ivory Panel Depicting the Adoration of the Magi](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5725.jpg?v=1704569883)
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Byzantine Ivory Panel Depicting the Adoration of the Magi
The Virgin, in the center, sits and holds the child Christ in her lap. To the left behind her right shoulder, an angel carries a cross-staff. The 3 Magi (dressed in trousers, chlamyses and Phrygian caps) present their offerings with veiled...
![Ancient Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14624.png?v=1713460383)
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Ancient Greece
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature...
![Ancient Greek Government](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5051.png?v=1715071203)
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Ancient Greek Government
Ancient Greece witnessed a wide variety of government systems as people searched for the answers to such fundamental questions as who should rule and how? Should sovereignty lie in the rule of law, the constitution, officials, or the citizens...
![Hecate](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1342.jpg?v=1655499247)
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Hecate
Hecate (Hekate) is a goddess of Greek mythology capable of both good and evil. She was associated with witchcraft, magic, the Moon, doorways, and creatures of the night like hell-hounds and ghosts. Hecate often carries a torch in her connection...
![Zagreus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15087.jpg?v=1674333243)
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Zagreus
In ancient Greek mythology, Zagreus is a god closely associated with the wine god Dionysus, the underworld, and hunting. A son of Zeus and Persephone, he is known in the Orphic tradition as the first incarnation of Dionysus, whilst other...
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Sacred Band of Thebes
The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite unit of the Theban army comprised of 150 gay male couples totaling 300 men. They were formed under the leadership of Gorgidas but first achieved fame under the general Pelopidas. They remained invincible...