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Encyclopedia - 468 Bc: Encyclopedia - 468 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acropolis Athens: Encyclopedia - Acropolis Athens
The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city) in Greece. Although there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the signif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anzio: Encyclopedia - Anzio
Anzio (2003 pop. 36,400) is a city and resort on the coast of the Latium region of Italy, about 33 miles south of Rome. Well known for it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 463 Bc: Encyclopedia - 463 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC 440s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia - Dionysia
The Dionysia was a large religious festival in ancient Athens in honour of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 471 Bc: Encyclopedia - 471 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 470 Bc: Encyclopedia - 470 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 472 Bc: Encyclopedia - 472 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 467 Bc: Encyclopedia - 467 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC 440s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anzio: Encyclopedia Ii - Anzio - Roman Era
Called Antium in ancient times, it was the capital of the Volsci people until it was conquered by the Romans in the year 468 BC. The lege...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Theatre - History
Ancient Greek theatre - Origins. Early tradition holds that formal theatre in Athens evolved from festivals related to the cult of Dion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mycenae: Encyclopedia Ii - Mycenae - Literature And History
The memory of the power of Mycenae lingered in the minds of the Greeks through the subsequent centuries, commonly known as the Dark Age. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - City Dionysia
Dionysia - Origins. The City Dionysia (Dionysia ta en Astei, also known as the Great Dionysia, Dionysia ta Megala) was the urban part o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lycia: Encyclopedia Ii - Lycia - History
According to Herodotus, Lycia was named after Lycus, the son of Pandion, king of Athens. The region was never unified into a single terri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acropolis Athens: Encyclopedia Ii - Acropolis Athens - The Periclean Building Program
Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of Pericles during the Golden Age of Athens (460–430 BC). Phidias, a great ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Classical And Pre-classical Antiquity
This period of Greek literature stretches the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acropolis, Athens: Encyclopedia Ii - Acropolis, Athens - The Periclean Building Program
Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of Pericles during the Golden Age of Athens (460–430 BC). Phidias, a great ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Hellenistic Age
By 338 BC all of the Greek city-states except Sparta had been conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Philip's son Alexander the Great extende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lycia: Encyclopedia Ii - Lycia - Geography
Lycia is a mountainous and densely forested region along the coast of southwestern Turkey on and around the Teke Peninsula. It is bounded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Significance
Dionysus was often seen as the god of everything uncivilized, of the innate wildness of humanity that the Athenians had tried to control....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Rural Dionysia
The Dionysia was originally a rural festival in Attica (Dionysia ta kat' agrous), probably celebrating the cultivation of vines. It was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Notable Winners Of The City Dionysia
Dionysia - Tragedy. 484 BC - Aeschylus 472 BC - Aeschylus (The Persians) 471 BC - Polyphrasmon 468 BC - Sophocles (Triptolemus) 467 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mycenae: Encyclopedia Ii - Mycenae - Name
The reconstructed Mycenaean Greek name of the place is Mukanai (long a), which has the form of a plural, like Athanai. The change of a to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mycenae: Encyclopedia Ii - Mycenae - Prehistory
Mycenae - Neolithic. Only scattered sherds from disturbed debris have been found datable to this period, prior to about 3500 BC. The si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mycenae: Encyclopedia Ii - Mycenae - Excavation
The first excavations at Mycenae were carried out by the Greek archaeologist Pittakis in 1841. He found and restored the Lion Gate. In 18...   » Read the article