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2 days ago · Homer (/ ˈ h oʊ m ər /; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; born c. 8th century BC) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.
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2 days ago · Of those surviving plays, four are included here, among them the only extant Greek tragedy which dealt with contemporary events, The Persians, which chronicles aspects of the second Persian invasion of Greece, which took place in 480 BCE and in which Aeschylus himself participated. Amazon. Apple Books. Barnes & Noble.
1 day ago · The Derveni papyrus, an ancient Greek papyrus roll from the era of Philip II of Macedon’s reign—probably from the years between 340 and 320 B.C.—is considered Europe’s oldest legible manuscript still in existence today. Its name derives from the site where it was discovered some six miles north of Thessaloniki.
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2 days ago · Hā́idēs, Attic Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdεːs] ), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. [1] Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. [2]
5 days ago · Hugh Bowden, Mystery Cults of the Ancient World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 2010); and Jan N. Bremmer, Initiation Into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2014). 30. Nicholas J. Richardson, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Oxford: Clarendon, 1974) for a description of the foundation of the Mysteria. 31.
2 days ago · The Parthenon ( / ˈpɑːrθəˌnɒn, - nən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized : Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized : Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple [6] [7] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC.
5 days ago · Archimedes (born c. 287 bce, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]—died 212/211 bce, Syracuse) was the most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. He is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder .
