The Trojan War supposedly involved cities from all over Greece. Which cities in particular are mentioned by Homer's Iliad?

Among the golden pages of the history of Ancient Greece there are pages blemished with the acts of traitors, men who betrayed ...

The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

In short, I fully recommend Ancient Greeks at War, an excellent survey for anyone seeking a solid grounding in Greek and Macedonian warfare systems, as we understand them now. FootNote. For those who ...

Archaeologists in Greece have located the remains of a lost city believed to have been settled by captives from the Trojan War. In a statement released Tuesday Greece’s Culture Ministry said recent ...

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A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of ...

Horses were first domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes during the 4th millennium B.C.E. and spread to and throughout the Near East and Mediterranean from there. In Greece, horses became important in ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...