Articles on the culture, history, and peoples of Ancient Greece
Articles on the culture, history, and peoples of Ancient Greece
The following is a guest post from Benjamin Marris. He writes at the site The First Civilizations about ancient societies in the period from 3,000 BC to 500 AD. Odysseus, the legend, the myth, the hero, and the king. Odysseus was known as an excellent speaker and a brilliant strategist.…
The Greeks, or Hellenes, are the natives of Greece and other countries around the Mediterranean Sea like Cyprus, southern Albania, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt. Ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization (which ended about 1200 BCE) lasted up to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. It was a…
The following sites were used in compiling information for this section and offer further information. The Olympic Games - Official Olympics Pages Ancient Olympia to Athens of 1896 - Foundation of the Hellenic World
Date Summary Detailed Information 2000 BCE First Settlers Wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece 1600 BCE Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. They took their name from the capital city of their land, Mycenae. 1194 BCE Trojan War The Trojan war between the Greeks and the Trojans…
The Ancient Olympics were held at Olympia, one of the sacred places of the ancient god Zeus. The earliest known record of an Olympic competition is 776BCE but it is thought that some kind of event may have been held for many years before that. One legend states that the…
Date Summary Detailed Information 2000 BCE First Settlers Wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece 1600 BCE Mycenaean Greece Bronze age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. They took their name from the capital city of their land, Mycenae. 1194 BCE Trojan War The Trojan war between the…
