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Encyclopedia - Aristodemus: Encyclopedia - Aristodemus
For the 5th century BCE Spartan by the same name, see Aristodemus (Spartan). In Greek mythology, Aristodemus was a son of Aristomaches an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumae: Encyclopedia - Cumae
Cumae (Cuma, in Italian) is an ancient Greek settlement lying to the northwest of Naples in the Italian region of Campania. The settlemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cresphontes: Encyclopedia - Cresphontes
In Greek mythology, Cresphontes was a son of Aristomaches and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristomaches: Encyclopedia - Aristomaches
In Greek mythology, Aristomaches was one of the Heracleidae, a great-grandson of Heracles. He led the fourth attempt to capture Mycenae a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - Military Service And Training
The origins of the powers exercised by the assembly of the citizens, or apella, are virtually unknown, due to the paucity of historical d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Summary
Symposium Plato dialogue - Start of the discussion. Due to the excesses of the previous night's drinking, it is decided that no one wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 5th Century Bce
The beginning of the 5th century saw Sparta at the height of her power, though her prestige must have suffered in the fruitless attempts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messinia: Encyclopedia Ii - Messinia - History
Historically and economically the most important part of Messinia is the great plain, consisting of two distinct portions, watered by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Summary
Symposium Plato dialogue - Start of the discussion. The beginning of the discussion is dominated by very light-hearted banter and ribbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Medieval Sparta
In CE 406 Alaric destroyed the city, and at a later period Laconia was invaded and settled by Slavonic tribes, especially the Melings and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Intervention Of Rome
Nonetheless, a vigorous struggle was maintained with the Achaean League and with Macedon until the Romans, after the conclusion of their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 3rd Century Bce
Twenty-two years later the city was attacked by an immense force under Pyrrhus, but Spartan bravery had not died out and the formidable e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Setting
The cultural elite of Athens are holding a Symposium celebrating Agathon, having won the prize for his first tragedy. Our first view of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Interpretations
There are numerous similarities and contrasts between the speeches given; in addition, the dramatic context of the Symposium deepens the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 4th Century Bce
The fall of Athens left Sparta once again supreme in the Greek world and demonstrated clearly its total unfitness for rule. Everywhere de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messinia: Encyclopedia Ii - Messinia - Islands
Messinia - Provinces. Province of Kalamata - Kalamata Province of Messene - Messene Province of Pylia - Pylos Province of Tryfilia - K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messinia: Encyclopedia Ii - Messinia - Communications
Messinia - Television. Notioi Elliniki Teleorasi, lit. the Southern Greece Television ... See also:Messinia, Messinia - History, Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messinia: Encyclopedia Ii - Messinia - Climate
Climate may vary, in the lowlands, temperatures are a bit warmer than Athens. Snow is not common during winter months except for the moun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of the Sun mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - History
Main article: History of Sparta Sparta had the best army in ancient Greece; and was the most powerful state before the rise of Athens, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Interpretations
The less controversial salient point of the dialogue is the insight we get both to Socrates' wartime relationship with Alcibiades and his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Setting
From the very start of the dialogue, the reader is made aware that this is no ordinary Socratic dialogue. The cultural elite of Athens ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of healing, li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - Constitution
We know little of the internal development on Sparta. Many Greeks believed there had been none, and that "the stability of the Spartan co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - Archaeology
There is a well-known passage in Thucydides which runs thus: "Suppose the city of Sparta to be deserted, and nothing left but the temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The Expansion Of Sparta
We cannot trace in detail the process by which Sparta subjugated the whole of Laconia, but apparently the first step, taken in the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Prehistoric Period
Tradition relates that Sparta was founded by Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete, who called the city after his wife, the daughter of Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - Modern Sparta
Prior to modern times, the site of Sparta was occupied by a relatively small village that lay in the shadow of Mystras, a more important ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - Sparta - The Spartan World
Around the middle of the 6th century BC, the southern Peloponnese was Spartan territory. With an area of 8,050 square kilometres, it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 6th Century Bce
Early in the 6th century the Spartan kings Leon and Agasicles made a vigorous attack on Tegea, the most powerful of the Arcadian cities, ...   » Read the article