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  1. Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of Western civilization. Greek culture was a ... [100%] 2023-02-03
  2. Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece was the area of the world similar to modern day Greece but also had Greek colonies in the modern nations of Turkey, and Macedonia. Greece was responsible for much of modern democracy, philosophy, mathematics, and science, as well ... [100%] 2023-03-05 [Ancient History] [Ancient Greece]...
  3. Ancient Greece: Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature (Homer and Hesiod ... [100%] 2013-11-13
  4. Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of Western civilization. Greek culture was a ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  5. Ancient Greece: In ancient times, a loose collection of Greek-speaking city-states predominated throughout the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea and formed a brilliant civilisation that has left a huge legacy in the fields of culture, politics and science. Greek ... [100%] 2024-01-07
  6. Trade in Ancient Greece: Trade was a fundamental aspect of the ancient Greek world and following territorial expansion, an increase in population movements, and innovations in transport, goods could be bought, sold, and exchanged in one part of the Mediterranean which had their origin ... [70%] 2018-05-22
  7. Women in Ancient Greece: Women in the ancient Greek world had few rights in comparison to male citizens. Unable to vote, own land, or inherit, a woman's place was in the home and her purpose in life was the rearing of children. That ... [70%] 2016-07-27
  8. Magic in Ancient Greece: For the Greeks magic (mageia or goeteia) was a wide-ranging topic which involved spells and evil prayers (epoidai), curse tablets (katadesmoi), enhancing drugs and deadly poisons (pharmaka), amulets (periapta) and powerful love potions (philtra). The modern separation of magic ... [70%] 2016-07-26
  9. Modern influence of Ancient Greece: Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern era. Greek culture and philosophy has a disproprtionate influence on modern society and its core ... (Period of ancient Greece from 510 to 323 BC) [63%] 2024-02-04 [Ancient Greece] [Articles which contain graphical timelines]...
  10. The After-Life In Ancient Greece: In ancient Greece the continued existence of the dead depended on their constant remembrance by the living. The after-life, for the ancient Greeks, consisted of a grey and dreary world in the time of Homer (8th century BCE) and ... [63%] 2012-01-18
  11. Sacred Cakes in Ancient Greece: Sacred cakes in ancient Greece were baked loaves, biscuits, pastries, and sponges sweetened with honey (meli) and prepared as unburnt offerings to the gods and goddesses and other divine beings. Unburnt offerings were substitutes for or a complement to animal ... [63%] 2021-09-15
  12. Ten Noble and Notorious Women of Ancient Greece: Women in ancient Greece, outside of Sparta, had almost no rights and no political or legal power. Even so, some women broke through the social and cultural restrictions to make their mark on history. All of the women did so ... [50%] 2014-08-20
  13. Epiphany (Ancient Greece): Epiphanies – or visions of gods – were reported and believed in many cities of ancient Greece. They were most commonly reported on the battlefields and, during moments of crisis, when citizens were most eager to believe that the gods of their ... (Ancient Greece) [81%] 2023-08-29 [Theophany] [Ancient Greek culture]...
  14. Stephane (Ancient Greece): A stephane (ancient Greek στέφανος, from στέφω (stéphō, “I encircle”), Lat. Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head; crown) was a metal arc, which was like a fancy headband, higher in the center than along the sides, to be set on a ... (Ancient Greece) [81%] 2023-01-17 [Ancient Greece]
  15. Epiphany (Ancient Greece): Epiphanies – or visions of gods – were reported and believed in many cities of ancient Greece. They were most commonly reported on the battlefields and, during moments of crisis, when citizens were most eager to believe that the gods of their ... (Religion) [81%] 2023-09-13 [Ancient Greek religion]
  16. Stasis (ancient Greece): In political history, stasis (Ancient Greek:; plural: staseis) refers to an episode of civil war within an Ancient Greece city-state or polis. It was the result of opposition between groups of citizens, fighting over the constitution of the city ... (Social) [81%] 2023-11-08 [Political concepts]
  17. Same (ancient Greece): Same (/ˈseɪmi/; Greek: Σάμη), also Samos (Σάμος) is an Ancient Greek name of a Homeric island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca and Cephalonia. In Homer's Odyssey Same is described as part of Odysseus's kingdom together with Ithaca, Dulichium, and ... (Ancient Greece) [81%] 2023-12-19 [Mythological islands]
  18. Gymnasium (ancient Greece): The gymnasium (Greek: γυμνάσιον, translit. gymnásion) in Ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. (Ancient Greece) [81%] 2023-09-16 [Ancient Greek leisure] [Sport in ancient Greece]...
  19. Education in ancient Greece: Education for Greek people was vastly "democratized" in the 5th century B.C., influenced by the Sophists, Plato, and Isocrates. Later, in the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece, education in a gymnasium school was considered essential for participation in Greek ... (Overview of education in ancient Greece) [70%] 2024-01-13 [Education in ancient Greece] [History of academia]...
  20. Ceremonies of ancient Greece: Ceremonies of Ancient Greece encompasses those practices of a formal religious nature celebrating particular moments in the life of the community or individual in Greece from the period of the Greek dark ages (c. 1000 B.C) to the middle ... [70%] 2024-01-02 [Ancient Greek religion]
  21. Auctions in ancient Greece: Auctions in ancient Greece were are events in which goods were sold through an open bidding process between multiple buyers, the highest bidder receiving the goods. In a public auction, goods belonging to the state were sold, whereas private auctions ... (None) [70%] 2023-12-30 [Economy of ancient Greece] [History of auctions]...
  22. Timeline of ancient Greece: This is a timeline of ancient Greece from its emergence around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Empire in 146 BC. For earlier times, see Greek Dark Ages, Aegean civilizations and Mycenaean Greece. (History) [70%] 2023-12-24 [Ancient timelines]
  23. Greece, Religion In Ancient: GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT || I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology Distinguished from Religion 3. Local Shrines 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of the Gods of Worship 6. Relation of Greek Gods to Nature 7. The ... [70%] 1915-01-01
  24. Music of ancient Greece: Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks. (Musical traditions of ancient Greece) [70%] 2024-01-09 [Ancient Greek music] [Music by culture]...
  25. Slavery in ancient Greece: Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, but they were also used in stone quarries or mines, and as domestic servants. (History of slavery in ancient Greece) [70%] 2024-01-13 [Slavery in ancient Greece] [Labor history]...
  26. Regions of ancient Greece: The regions of ancient Greece were areas identified by the ancient Greeks as geographical sub-divisions of the Hellenic world. These regions are described in the works of ancient historians and geographers, and in the legends and myths of the ... (Geographical sub-divisions of the Hellenic world) [70%] 2024-01-09 [Ancient Greek world by region] [Ancient Greek geography by region]...
  27. Economy of ancient Greece: The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece's soil, agricultural trade was of particular importance. (none) [70%] 2024-01-09 [Economy of ancient Greece] [Economies by culture]...
  28. Clothing in ancient Greece: Clothing in ancient Greece refers to clothing starting from the Aegean bronze age (3000 BCE) to the Hellenistic period (31 BCE). Clothing in ancient Greece included a wide variety of styles but primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and ... (none) [70%] 2024-01-13 [History of clothing] [Greek clothing]...
  29. Fiction set in ancient Greece: There is a body of ancient and modern fiction set in ancient Greece and ancient Greek culture, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms. Titles include. (none) [63%] 2024-01-13 [Ancient Greece in fiction] [Historical novels]...
  30. Musical system of ancient Greece: The musical system of ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided ... (Overview of ancient Greek music theory) [63%] 2024-03-23 [Ancient Greek music] [Ancient Greek music theory]...
  31. Index of ancient Greece-related articles: This page lists topics related to ancient Greece. (none) [57%] 2024-01-05 [Ancient Greece] [Ancient Greece-related lists]...

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