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Canadian loyalty, Canadian tragedy: Parallels of ancient Greek war
Listening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech last weekend, one word kept running through my head: Plataea. If you’re ...
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Greek War of Independence Symbol Sacrificed for Parking Spaces
A 300-year-old mulberry tree, a symbol of the Greek War of Independence and a candidate for protected status, has been ...
A Greek House That Reflects Centuries of History
As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her ...
Report documents devastation of ancient city of Palmyra, a World Heritage Site, after the fall of the Assad regime
Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...
Greek Reporter2d
Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece”
Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?
Greek City Times2d
Spartan warriors engaged in an unusual ritual of combing their hair before battle
For the Spartans, hair combing before the battle displayed their readiness to face death with calm and courage, an act meant ...
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Discovering the ancient city-state called Sparta
Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in antiquity. The ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese in Greece, Sparta was a warrior society where males aged seven ...
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The Origins of Peace: John Martino on Olympia and the birth of the Olympic Games
John A. Martino and Michael P. O'Kane's historical novel 'Olympia and the Birth of the Olympic Games' takes readers to the dawn of an "ancient Hellenic civilisation" following the Greek Dark Ages.
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The Mysterious Dark Ages of Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did ...