Ancient Greece Archive
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The archaeology of a vampire or digging up ancient Lesbos
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsExamining the archaeological discoveries on the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, close to Turkey. -
“Rulers Ruled By Women”: An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Women’s Rights in Ancient Sparta
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsFor most of history, most societies have restricted the rights and ability of women to own and manage property. The women of ancient Sparta were a remarkable exception. -
Defining Ancient Magic: A Brief Historiography and Exploration
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsThe purpose of this paper is to review some of the scholarly definitions of ancient Greek and Roman magic and try to decipher the ancient meaning of the subject, and possibly come to some conclusions on how the word should be defined and utilized. -
Ethnicity and Cultural Policy at Alexander’s Court
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsAlexander spread Greek civilization by means of his passage through Asia. It is this perception of Alexander's mission that forms the subject of the present essay. -
‘Which of the Gods is this?’ Dionysus in the Homeric Hymns
Posted on March 19, 2012 | No CommentsOf all the gods in the Greek Pantheon, Dionysus stands apart as one of the most challenging divine figures in Greek mythology. Dionysus is celebrated as the god of wine, the bringer of revelry and ecstatic release. -
The Hellenistic Royal Court: Court Culture, Ceremonial and Ideology in Greece, Egypt and the Near East, 336-30 BCE
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsThere are two reasons why the Hellenistic royal court may be deemed an important subject. First, in the Hellenistic Age the foundations were laid for the development of the royal court in later history, both in Christian Europe and the Islamic East. Second, because the court was the apex of political power in the Hellenistic world. -
Holes in the head and more: surgery in the Aegean Bronze Age
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsThis work attempts to remove some of this speculation, and look at what we really know about one aspect of medicine in the Aegean Bronze Age, the practice of surgery, from the actual pathological, archaeological and textual evidence. -
The plague of Athens, 430-427 BC
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the earliest, and perhaps better known of the epidemics that struck the ancient world was the ‘Plague of Athens’. The first outbreak occurred in the city in the early summer of 430 BC, in the second year of the Peloponnesian War, and continued until it died out in 427 BC. -
New book to examine the enduring influence of ancient Sparta
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsSparta in Modern Thought: Politics, History and Culture is the first book for more than 40 years to examine the significant modern influence of this ancient Greek city-state. -
Greek Tragedy: A Rape Culture?
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsThis essay looks at rape in Greek tragedy through the lens of several moments of feminist theorizing and activism about rape.