(450-404 BC) When the philosopher Socrates was tried and convicted, in 399 BC, for corrupting the young...
Holidays in Greece
Just like his contemporary Sappho, Alcaios lived on Lesbos. It has sometimes been suggested that the two...
(444-360 BC) King of Sparta who came to the throne after Lysander had helped him declare his...
(360-289 BC) Ruler of Syracusae whose greatest enemies were the oligarchs. He was the son of a...
(620-560 BC) Fable writer whose many stories are still read. Amongst them are The Dog who wanted...
(390-315 BC) Orator from Attica whose family lost everything and had to go into exile when the...
Aeschylus was born in the city of Eleusis, near Athens, in 525 BC and died in 456...
In ancient Greece, the great rival of Athens was Sparta. The city-state and its surrounding territory were...
The area was first settled in the Prehistoric Period (site “Magoula Balomenou”). It was subject to Orchomenos...
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Several rescue excavations and less systematic work in the area of ancient Thebes yielded an abundance of...
