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![Ancient Greek Theatre](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3706.jpg?v=1713838388)
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Ancient Greek Theatre
Greek theatre began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. These, in turn, inspired the genre of Greek comedy plays. The two types of Greek drama would be hugely popular and performances...
![Ancient Greek Comedy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1119.jpg?v=1678472103)
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Ancient Greek Comedy
Ancient Greek comedy was a popular and influential form of theatre performed across ancient Greece from the 6th century BCE. The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aristophanes and Menander and their works and those of their contemporaries...
![Greek World Heritage Sites](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6798.jpg?v=1618777807)
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Greek World Heritage Sites
Greece, the 'cradle of western civilization', is home to a large number of spectacular sites from the ancient world, several of which have been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These sites of great historical importance, interest...
![Ancient Greek Medicine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1299.jpg?v=1721271965)
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Ancient Greek Medicine
In ancient Greek medicine illness was initially regarded as a divine punishment and healing as, quite literally, a gift from the gods. However, by the 5th century BCE, there were attempts to identify the material causes for illnesses rather...
![Ancient Greek Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13802.jpg?v=1713838503)
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Ancient Greek Religion
In the ancient Greek world, religion was personal, direct, and present in all areas of life. With formal rituals which included animal sacrifices and libations, myths to explain the origins of mankind and give the gods a human face, temples...
![Ancient Greek Tragedy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3701.jpg?v=1712609526)
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Ancient Greek Tragedy
Greek tragedy was a popular and influential form of drama performed in theatres across ancient Greece from the late 6th century BCE. The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides and many of their works...
![Ancient Greek Society](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5080.jpg?v=1715573525)
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Ancient Greek Society
Although ancient Greek Society was dominated by the male citizen, with his full legal status, right to vote, hold public office, and own property, the social groups which made up the population of a typical Greek city-state or polis were...
![Ancient Greek Clothing](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1164.jpg?v=1720977545)
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Ancient Greek Clothing
Ancient Greek clothing developed from the Minoan Civilization of Crete (2000-1450 BCE) through the Mycenean Civilization (1700-1100 BCE), Archaic Period (8th century to c. 480 BCE) and is most recognizable from the Classical Period (c. 480-323...
![Some new hypotheses on the problems of the Indo-Greek kingdoms](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/258.jpg?v=1639581303)
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Some new hypotheses on the problems of the Indo-Greek kingdoms
Warning: See the definitions of Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms before reading this article, otherwise the following lines could give you serious headaches! A lack of information is a common problem for historians of the Greco-Bactrian...
![Ptolemaic Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15183.png?v=1642925706)
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Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt existed between 323 and 30 BCE when Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty. During the Ptolemaic period, Egyptian society changed as Greek immigrants introduced a new language, religious pantheon, and way of life...