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The Legacy of the Ancient Greeks
Collection by Mark Cartwright

The Legacy of the Ancient Greeks

The ancient Greeks left the world such an impressive legacy of ideas that many of them were seen for centuries in the civilizations that followed and, even today, cultures around the world continue to display many of the quintessential features...
Trojan War
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Trojan War

The Trojan War was fought between Greeks and the defenders of the city of Troy in Anatolia sometime in the late Bronze Age. The story has grabbed the imagination for millennia but a conflict between Mycenaeans and Hittites may well have occurred...
HOPLITES! Greeks at War - Full animation
Video by Steve Simons

HOPLITES! Greeks at War - Full animation

Hoplites! Greeks at War is a new animation created for Panoply's 'Every Soldier has a Story' exhibition at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading. Visit http://www.panoply.org.uk/everysoldier.html to find out more.
War in Ancient Times
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

War in Ancient Times

The word 'war' comes to English from the old High German language word Werran (to confuse or to cause confusion) through the Old English Werre (meaning the same), and is a state of open and usually declared armed conflict between political...
Wine Jar with Greeks Fighting Amazons
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wine Jar with Greeks Fighting Amazons

Red-figure wine jar decorated with a battle between Amazons and Greeks. Attributed to the Amazon Painter, mid-4th century BCE. Attica. 43.2 cm (17 in) in height. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Base of a Cippus Showing Greeks & Amazons
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Base of a Cippus Showing Greeks & Amazons

The base is surrounded by a frieze of Greeks and Amazons, yet without fighting action. Possibly, this early Etruscan "Amazonomachy" is a game or a parade within the context of the death cult. The Amazons' clothing corresponds with that on...
Greeks Battling Amazons
Image by Jan van der Crabben

Greeks Battling Amazons

Greek soldiers fighting Amazons during the Trojan War. On the far right, Odysseus is shown (with a beard). Relief from the side of a sarcophagus, c. 180 CE, discovered in Thessaloniki, Greece. Louvre Museum, Paris, France (LP 2584, No...
Titus Quinctius Flamininus Offers Liberty to the Greeks
Image by Guiseppe Sciuti

Titus Quinctius Flamininus Offers Liberty to the Greeks

Titus Quinctius Flamininus declares Greece free after the Second Macedonian War and the defeat of Philip V of Macedon at the Battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BCE), oil on canvas by Giuseppe Sciuti, c. 1879. Private collection.
The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - Episode 2: Golden Age
Video by PBS

The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - Episode 2: Golden Age

EPISODE 2: GOLDEN AGE The second part recounts the Greeks' heroic victory against the mighty Persian empire through the life of Themistocles, one of Athens' greatest generals.The episode opens in 490 B.C. when tiny Athens prepares to safeguard...
The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - Episode 3: Empire of the Mind
Video by PBS

The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - Episode 3: Empire of the Mind

EPISODE 3: EMPIRE OF THE MIND The final segment describes how Athens, at the height of her glory, engaged in a suicidal conflict with her greatest rival, Sparta. Through the eyes of Socrates, Athens' first philosopher, viewers see the tragic...
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