Ancient Greece Archive
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On the Explanation of the Wealthy Slave in Classical Athens
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsUsing Classical research on the institution of households and basic risk vs. return logic, I expand upon my previous points to show that the Athenian way of maintaining households was the optimal way to minimize risk. -
Animal spectacula of the Roman Empire
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough gladiatorial spectacles in ancient Rome have been the subject of a great deal of recent scholarly literature, comparatively little attention has been paid to the contemporary animal spectacles... -
Beer in Greco-Roman antiquity
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsAn article about Roman and Greek Beer making. -
Childbirth Votives and Rituals in Ancient Greece
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsIn my conclusions I summarize the patterns of ritual that accompanied reproduction and analyze the iconography of the childbirth votives within the broader context of artistic depictions of birth. -
The Archaeology of Food in Athens: The Development of an Athenian Urban Lifestyle
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe study of the archaeological evidence concerning food has always been a rather fertile approach towards understanding human culture. The modern phrase “you are what you eat” can be applied to the varied lifestyles and identities formed by all human cultures. -
Early history of wound treatment
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe first written records containing medical information date from about 2500 BC. Clay tablets from this time have been discovered in Mesopotamia and the first medical papyri from Egypt are probably some seven hundred years younger... -
Greek knowledge of India before the fourth century B.C
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis undertakes to examine the extent of Greek knowledge of India down to the beginning of the fourth century B.C. and to test its accuracy. -
Ancient Greek coin collection sells for $25 million
Posted on January 7, 2012 | No CommentsA world record was set at an auction earlier this week, when an ancient Greek coin was bought for more than $3.25 million. The entire collection of 642 ancient coins was sold off for approximately $25 million through New York-based A. H. Baldwin and Sons auction house on Wednesday. -
In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsFor the ancient Greeks, the universal enemy who came to represent a threat to Hellenic culture was Xerxes, the Persian despot who, in an attempt to deprive her of her freedom invaded Greece in 480 BC. -
New in Ancient History books this week!
Posted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsCheck out these new releases! Just in time to ring in the New Year with a new read!