By Meg Finlayson Abstract: Alexander the Great is easily one of the most popular subjects for writers and artists throughout antiquity. In addition to the many biographies that present wildly different views on the…
By Sonya Nevin Abstract: The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts. Among the first four lines of the Iliad, for example, is a…
By Matthew A. Sears and Carolyn Willekes Abstract: The Battle of Chaeronea, fought in 338 BCE between Philip of Macedon and the Greek city-states, is known only from meager literary evidence and a few archaeological…
By Sonya Nevin Abstract: The animation depicts key aspects of the hoplite experience: training, sacrifice and departing, the build up to battle, battle, and the aftermath of battle. Posted by Panoply Vase Animation…
By Lisa Kallet and John H. Kroll Coinage played a central role in the history of the Athenian naval empire of the fifth century BC. It made possible the rise of the empire itself, which was financed through tribute in…
By Chrysanthi Gallou Abstract: This book examines the evidence for the performance of ancestor veneration in LH III Greece with emphasis placed mainly on the data from the typical Mycenaean tomb types, i.e. tholos and…
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