The Battle of Corinth was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC, which resulted in the complete and total destruction of Corinth.
The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens. It is dedicated to the goddess Athena Nike, goddess of wisdom. The temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the south west corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea.
Is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. When Oedipus, the king´s son was born, the king consults an oracle as to his fortune. To his horror, the oracle reveals that Laius "is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son". Laius binds the infant's feet together with a pin, and orders Jocasta to kill him. Do you want to know the end of this amazing tradegy?
The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Parthenon is a former temple[4][5] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order
It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. The Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced a system of political reforms that he called demokratia, or “rule by the people.” This system was comprised of three separate institutions: the ekklesia, a sovereign governing body that wrote laws and dictated foreign policy; the boule, a council of representatives from the ten Athenian tribes; and the dikasteria, the popular courts in which citizens argued cases before a group of lottery-selected jurors.
Athenian poet first Solon receives the story of Atlantis from Egyptian priests.
In early Greek culture these two books were written by famous ancient author Homer. They recounted stories and analyzed the cultural ambiance of the time.
The Olympic games were first held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC, but they have very a mythological background. The most famous origin comes from Hercules and his four brothers raced at Olympia to entertain Zeus.
The Trojan War happened when the Achaeans (Greeks) attacked the Trojans in Troye. While the modern story says that it started when Paris of Troye kidnapped Helen from her husband, Menelaus, King of Sparta, it can be dated back to an old quarrel between goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.
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