Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Origins
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Balkan peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Society
The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Ancient Greece
This article discusses architecture in Ancient Greece. Architecture (building executed to an aesthetically considered design) was extinct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece
The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, with its beginnings in Ancient Greece, through the influence of the Roman Empi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionic: Encyclopedia - Ionic
Ionic - From ancient Greece Ionic. An Ionian is a member of one of the four great divisions of the ancient Greek people. Ionia is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basileus: Encyclopedia - Basileus
Basileus (Greek Βασιλεύς) means "king". It is perhaps best known in English as a title used by Byzantine monarchs, but also has a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hellenic Polytheism: Encyclopedia - Hellenic Polytheism
Hellenic polytheism refers to a polytheistic religion honoring the gods of the ancient Greek pantheon. Hellenic polytheism - Ancient Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phallus: Encyclopedia - Phallus
The Latin word phallus (from the Greek phallos) and its derived adjective phallic, adopted in English and in many modern languages, refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia - Labrys
Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-blad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pottery Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pottery Of Ancient Greece - Uses Of Pottery In Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks made pottery for everyday use, not for display; the trophies won at games, such as the Panathenaic amphorae (wine deca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Hellas
In the 8th century BC Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. Literacy had been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Dominance Of Athens
The Persian Wars ushered in a century of Athenian dominance of Greek affairs. Athens was the unchallenged master of the sea, and also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Macedon
The Kingdom of Macedon was formed in the 7th century BC out of northern Greek tribes. They played little part in Greek politics before th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Conquests Of Alexander
Philip was succeeded by his 20-year-old son Alexander, who immediately set out to carry out his father's plans. He travelled to Corinth w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece - Examples
Homosexuality in ancient Greece - Warriors. Notable ancient Greek warriors who had same-sex love relationships: Aristomenes - Prince o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Periods
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. As noted a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The proximate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Definition
Art historians generally define Ancient Greek art as the art produced in the Greek-speaking world from about 1000 BC to about 100 BC. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Architecture
Architecture (building executed to an aesthetically considered design) was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Pottery
The Ancient Greeks made pottery for everyday use, not for display; the trophies won at games, such as the Panathenaic amphorae (wine deca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Sculpture
Sculpture is by far the most important surviving form of Ancient Greek art, although only a small fragment of Greek sculptural output has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - History
The ancient Greeks of the pederastic city-states were the first to describe, study, systematize, and establish pederasty as an institutio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece - In The Military
The Sacred Band of Thebes, a separate military unit reserved only for homosexuals, is usually considered as the prime example of how the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Survivals
Ancient Greek art has survived most successfully in the forms of sculpture and architecture, as well as in such minor arts as coin design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnasium Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnasium Ancient Greece - Organisation Of Ancient Greek Gymnasia
Gymnasium ancient Greece - Terminology. The gymnasium formed a public institution as - a private school where boys received training in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Spartan And Theban Dominance
The end of the Peloponnesian War left Sparta the master of Greece, but the narrow outlook of the Spartan warrior elite did not suit them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Social And Political Conflict
The Greek cities were originally monarchies, although many of them were very small and the term "King" (basileus) for their rulers is mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pottery Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pottery Of Ancient Greece - History Of Ancient Greek Pottery
The history of Ancient Greek pottery is divided stylistically into periods: the Protogeometric from about 1050 BC; the Geometric from ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Coin Design
Coins were invented in Lydia in the 7th century, but they were first extensively used by the Greeks, and the Greeks set the canon of coin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece - Love Between Adult Men
Many believe the first recorded appearance of such desire was in the Iliad (800 BC). The intentions of the Iliad have been a subject of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basileus: Encyclopedia Ii - Basileus - Ancient Greece
The first written instance of this word is found on the baked clay tablets discovered in excavations of Mycenaean palaces originally dest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Educational And Military Aspects
Ancient writers, as well as modern historians such as Bruce Thronton, hold that the goal of paiderastia was pedagogical, the channeling o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnasium Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnasium Ancient Greece - Development And Legacy
Gymnasium ancient Greece - Historical development. The gymnasium of the Greeks did not long remain an institution exclusively devoted t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Influence On Literature And The Arts
Poets write of pederasty from the earliest eras to the end of the Hellenistic era. Five philosophical dialogues debate its ethical implic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopaedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopaedia - Gymnopaedia In Ancient Greece
Gymnopaedia - The gymnopaedia festival. In ancient Sparta, the Gymnopaedia was, since approximately 650 BC, a yearly celebration during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Religious Aspects
Myths provide more than fifty examples of young men who were the lovers of gods (Sergent). Poets and traditions ascribe Zeus, Poseidon, A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Political Aspects
The state benefitted from these relationships, according to the statements of ancient writers. The friendship functioned as a restraint o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Sexual Aspects
Ancient sources suggest a range of sexual activity. Cicero, describing Spartan customs, suggests that relations were expected to stop sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Modern Scholarship
The ethical views held in those societies (such as Athens, Thebes, Crete, Sparta, Elis, and others) on the practice of pederasty have bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Philosophical Discourses
Socrates, Plato, and Xenophon described the inspirational powers of love between men though decrying its physical expression. Upon the de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pederasty In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Pederasty In Ancient Greece - Social Aspects
Pederastic relationships were dyadic mentorships. These mentorships were sanctioned by the state, as evidenced by laws mandating and cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnasium Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnasium Ancient Greece - Etymology Of Gymnasium
The word gymnasium, originally spelled gymnazein, is Greek for place to be naked and derives from the Greek word for naked: gymnos. Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia Ii - Labrys - Ancient Greece
The word labyrinthos (Mycenaean daburintos) is probably connected with the word labrys. In the context of the myth of Theseus, the labyri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia Ii - Labrys - Ancient Greece
The word labyrinthos (Mycenaean *daburinthos[3]) is probably connected with the word labrys. In the context of the myth of Theseus, the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In Ancient Greece - Sapphic Love
Sappho, a poet from the island of Lesbos, was mistress of a school of girls and wrote love poems to many of her young students, with whom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In The Militaries Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In The Militaries Of Ancient Greece - Examples
Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece - Warriors. Notable ancient Greek warriors who had same-sex love relationships: Aris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality In The Militaries Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality In The Militaries Of Ancient Greece - Greek City-states
Homosexuality among males in the militaries and warriors of ancient Greek city-states were documented by many historians throughout the a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Ancient Greece
Syncretism was an essential feature of Greek paganism. Hellenistic culture in the age that followed Alexander the Great was itself syncre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy - Ancient And Hellenistic Greece
Classical definition of effeminacy - Literary sense. In common literary prose, the term malakos is an adjective applied to things: "Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Greece - Greek Music History
Greek written history extends far back into Ancient Greece, and was a major part of ancient Greek theater. Later, influences from the Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Greece - Folk Music
Main article: Greek folk music Greek folk traditions are said to derive from the music played by ancient Greeks. There are said to be two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ottoman Rule And The Rise Of Modern Greece
Main articles: Ottoman Greece and History of Modern Greece When the Ottomans arrived, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migration ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Hellenistic Greece
The Hellenistic period of Greek history begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the annexation of the Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Roman Period
Militarily Greece itself declined to the point that the Romans conquered the land (168 BC onwards), though Greek culture would in turn co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Creation Of The Modern Greek State
The Ottomans ruled Greece until the early 19th century. In 1821, the Greeks rebelled in the Greek War of Independence and declared their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Fortifications In Greece
Military history of Greece - Ancient & Roman. Long Walls Military history of Greece - Mediæval period. Monemvasia Mistra Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Greek Military Alliances
Military history of Greece - Ancient. Achaean League League of Corinth Delian League Peloponnesian League Military history of Greece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Greek Dark Ages
The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1200 BC–800 BC) refers to the period of Greek prehistory from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Myce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Greek Military Encounters
Military history of Greece - Prehistoric and ancient period. Trojan War Battle of Ephesus Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Battle of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy, Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Art And Architecture
The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Art And Architecture
The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Sports
Greek culture was and is more than cerebral. The Panhellenic Games and especially the Olympic Games originated in Greece in ancient times...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Music
There have been excellent composers and performers in all kinds of music but traditional Greek music is noted as a mixture of influences ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopaedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopaedia - Etymology
The word gymnopaedia is composed of γυμνός (gymnos - "naked") and the plural of παιδίον (paidion - "child"). In Greek γυμ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glyptothek: Encyclopedia Ii - Glyptothek - History Of The Building
The Glyptothek was commissioned by the Crown Prince (later King) Ludwig I of Bavaria alongside other projects, such as the neighboring K�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnosis - History
The history of medical diagnosis began in earnest from the enlightened days of Hippocrates in ancient Greece but is far from perfect desp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Contemporary Standards Of Neighboring Cultures
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Egypt. In Egypt the khet was 100 royal cubits In Egypt 210 khet were an itrw or hour of tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - 19th Century
Military history of Greece - 20th century. First Balkan War Second Balkan War Greco-Italian War Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) Battle o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phallus: Encyclopedia Ii - Phallus - Phallic Symbols In Religion
In anthropology, phallicism refers to the ritual adoration of the human penis, or the phallus. Elements of phallicism have been found in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basileus: Encyclopedia Ii - Basileus - Byzantines
At the time of the Byzantine Empire, "basileus" assumed the meaning of "emperor" and was used by the Byzantine Emperors from the reign of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phallus: Encyclopedia Ii - Phallus - In Psychoanalysis
The symbolic version of the phallus, a phallic symbol is meant to represent male generative powers. According to the psychoanalytic theor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Gay Community: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Gay Community - Ancient History
History of the Gay Community - Ancient Greece & Rome. The earliest documents concerning same-sex pederastic relationships come from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Effeminacy - History
Effeminacy - Etymology. Effeminacy comes from the Latin, ex which is "out" and femina which means woman; it basically means to be like ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyceum: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyceum - Ancient Greek Lyceum Word Origins
The Lyceum (Λύκειον, Lykeion) was a gymnasium in ancient Athens, most famous for its association with Aristotle. The Lyceum is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hellenic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hellenic Polytheism - Modern Revivalist Movements
Hellenic polytheism - Naming. Modern revivalist or reconstructionist Hellenic polytheism exists in several forms, both in Greece and in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Reconstructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Reconstructionism - Discrimination
see also Persecution of Ancient Greek Religion Ancient Greek religion was historically a community religion. Due to the vagaries of histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyceum: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyceum - Lyceums In Today's Education
The term lyceum is still used in some (mostly European) countries when referring to a type of school. Lyceum - Greece & Cyprus. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astronomy - Middle Ages
Greeks made some important contributions to astronomy, but the progress was mostly stagnant in medieval Europe, while it flourished in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bisexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Bisexuality - Social Status Of Bisexuality
Historically, bisexuality has largely been free of the social stigma associated with homosexuality, prevalent even where bisexuality was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Dialogue - Reception And Interpretation
Republic dialogue - Ancient Greece. The idea of writing treatises on systems of government was followed some decades later by Plato's m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Gay Community: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Gay Community - The Middle Ages
Same-sex scholarly 'empires of the mind' in medieval Arabic & Hebrew cultures, as seen in their poetry on same-sex love. Same-sex Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theater Structure: Encyclopedia Ii - Theater Structure - History Of Theater Construction
Theater structure - Ancient Greece. Greek theatre buildings were called a theatron ('seeing place'). The theatres were large, open-air ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedonia Region: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedonia Region - Boundaries And Definitions
The name of Macedonia has not been always used with regard to the region as defined above. In its beginnings, the ancient state of Macedo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vermio: Encyclopedia Ii - Vermio - The Municipality Of Vermio In Ancient Times
The existence of life since 100.000 BC testifies a lot of discoveries from Paleolithic and Neolithic age in the entire prefecture Kozani....   » Read the article