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5 days ago · A. Barth, 1832. Public Domain. Pisistratus was an ancient Greek statesman who ruled Athens three times as a tyrant. However, his reforms laid the foundations for the city’s later supremacy in Greece. Born around 600 BC, he came to power with a coup in 561 BC and ruled Athens as a tyrant two more times. This was from 559 to 556 BC and again in ...
4 days ago · Ancient Athens.org: The Acropolis of ancient Athens. UNESCO: Acropolis, Athens. The monumental configuration of Athenian temporality: Space, identity and mnemonic trajectories of the Periklean building programme. (From Gale Academic OneFile) Facts & Details - Parthenon: Its history, architecture and sculptures (this has info on the Acropolis as ...
- Jennifer King
- 2013
3 days ago · The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC [i] and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek ...
- 499–449 BC
- Greek victory
4 days ago · The treasury had been held on the island of Delos. 9. Who was the ruler of Athens after the death of Pericles in 429 BC? Answer: Cleon. Cleon ruled Athens from 429 BC until his death in 422 BC. He was the son of a tanner, and his probable profession was a Lyre maker. His reign was marked by internal struggle and strife.
4 days ago · 0:37. The death of a woman who fell from Ohio Stadium during Ohio State University's spring commencement on Sunday is being investigated as an "apparent suicide" by the Franklin County Coroner's ...
4 days ago · The Aigai palace, located in the ceremonial center of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, is a testament to grandeur. Spanning 15,00 square meters, it is roughly three times the size of the Parthenon.
2 days ago · The artisan's cap was also depicted as worn by the Cabeiri, supernatural craftsmen associated with a mystery cult known in Athens in classical times, and who were associated with both Hephaestus and Prometheus. Kerényi suggests that Hephaestus may in fact be the "successor" of Prometheus, despite Hephaestus being himself of archaic origin.
