Classical Greek History – A Cornucopia of Classics Resources: Diverse Food for Thought

Teeth of fallen soldiers hold evidence that foreigners fought alongside ancient Greeks, challenging millennia of military history

by Katherine Reinberger Abstract: Reinberger details recent archaeological findings found using dental analysis indicating that the first Battle of Himera (5th century BCE) involved combatants from a far wider area…

Date: 16 July 2022
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Resources

Uncovering Sparta

By Daphne D. Martin Abstract: Martin analyses the history and culture of Sparta beyond its classical representation as a warfare-oriented polis. Covering representations from the classical period to the Roman era to…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources

Alexander and the Greeks

by Elisabetta Poddighe Abstract: During Alexander’s reign relations between the Greeks and the Macedonian kingdom were regulated by the charter of the “Corinthian League.” This modern expression refers to the political…

Date: 22 August 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources

Memory as History: the legacy of Alexander in Asia

Edited by Himanshu Prabha Ray and Daniel T. Potts Abstract: This volume examines the legacy of Alexander, the Macedonian, as it survived and transformed itself in literature, the arts and archaeology in Asia. The…

Date: 1 August 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Art and Culture Greek History Greek Resources Hellenistic History

The World of Prometheus: the politics of punishing in democractic Athens

by Danielle S. Allen Abstract: For Danielle Allen, punishment is more a window onto democratic Athens’ fundamental values than simply a set of official practices. From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial,…

Date: 1 August 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources

The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece

by Lynette G. MItchell Abstract: This title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It looks at…

Date: 25 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek Resources

Reflections on Helotic Slavery and Freedom

by Orlando Patterson Abstract: This chapter offers a comparative perspective on the problems of the nature of helotry and, more specifically, its relation to the condition of slavery; of its origin; and the problem of…

Date: 25 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek History

Historical Agency and Self-Awareness in Xenophon’s Hellenica and Anabasis

By Sarah Brown Ferrario Abstract: Historical agency is difficult to define in the abstract, because any attempt to do so poses questions about the nature of history. If history is an objective reality, then the true…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire: Persia Through the Looking Glass

By Janett Morgan How did the Greek view of Persia and Persians change so radically in the archaic and classical Greek sources that they turned from noble warriors into peacock-loving cross-dressers with murderous…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources Persian History

Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia

By Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek History

Category: Classical Greek History