Ancient GreeceIntroductory survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Roman era. Appraises the Greek contribution to Western civilization. |
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THE LEANEST LAND | 1 |
GODS AND ANCESTORS | 19 |
THE AGE OF HEROES | 41 |
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Achilles Acropolis Aegean Aegina Aeschylus Alcibiades Alexander ancient Aphrodite Apollo Aristophanes Aristotle Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attica beauty became bronze called citizens city-states classical Cleisthenes Corinth Corinthian Crete cult culture death Delphi Dionysus Dorian drama early earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian empire Euripides fifth century figure girls goddess gods grace Greece Greece's Greek hand Hellenic Heracles Herodotus heroes Hirmer Homer human idea ideal Iliad Ionian island Jason King land later leader legend Louvre Macedonia Medea Mediterranean Miletus mind Museum Mycenae Mycenaean myths Odysseus Olympia painting Parthenon Peloponnesian Peloponnesus Pericles Persian Phidias philosopher Plato play playwright poet polis Poseidon pottery Pythagoras remained Roman Rome rule scholars sculpture sense seventh century Sicily Socrates Sophocles Sparta spirit surviving temple Thebes thought Thucydides tion translated Trojan Troy turn vase women worship Xenophon Xerxes Zeus