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2 days ago · Thermopylae is one of the most famous battles in European ancient history, repeatedly referenced in ancient, recent, and contemporary culture. [citation needed] In Western culture at least, it is the Greeks who are lauded for their performance in battle. [134]
1 day ago · The unibrow. But in ancient Greece, the unibrow was a sign of both beauty and intelligence in women. Women would make their unibrows look fuller by using dark powder. Those who had the misfortune ...
1 day ago · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
5 days ago · Prominent in ancient Greece were the funeral orations in honour of those killed in battle. The outstanding example of these is one by Pericles, perhaps the most finished orator of the 5th century bc, in honour of those killed in the first year of the Peloponnesian War.
5 days ago · North African redware lamp. 4th - 5th century CE. Hayes type I, lamp 285. Lion springing toward handle on discus. Nozzle repaired. 53. North African Redware Oil Lamp. Fifth Century CE. 53. North African redware lamp. Mid to late 5th century CE. Fish on discus. Hayes type IIA, lamps 288-289 (similar); Herrman & Van Den Hoek object 102 (similar). 54.
2 days ago · A law of the Twelve Tables (5th century BC) limited the number of times a father could sell his children: a daughter only once, but a son as many as three. This kind of serial selling only of the son suggests nexum , a temporary obligation as a result of debt which was formally abolished by the end of the 4th century BC. [274]
1 day ago · It is widely considered to be of Illyrian origin, as first proposed by linguist Hans Krahe, and is attested in Thucydides (5th century BC), Aristotle (4th century BC), and Polybius (2nd century BC). Etymologically, Epidamnos may be related to Proto-Albanian *dami (cub, young animal, young bull) > dem (modern Albanian) as proposed by linguist ...
