The Women of Greece: A Transition from Ancient Power to Classical Subservience Women's conquest for political and social freedom is a battle that has gone on for centuries. Perhaps the breaking point in women's liberation was the Women's Movement of the 1900's, which encouraged women a...

Art is the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works. Art went through a tremendous amount of development in ancient Greece from the archaic to the Hellenistic eras. Much of the development was due to the political and philosophical views of the time. Each era gave way for the changes in the ...

Where have all the myths gone? At what point did we turn our backs on the wonder of art for the modern world of computers and television? What is it we desire, that we have given up the inspiration provided us by art and imagination? These are a few of the questions we must ask ourselves when w...

The Culture of Greece The age of Greece was a wonderful time for immense accomplishments and discovery in science, literature, art, language, philosophy, and many other fields of knowledge. Even the alphabet that we use today is derived from the ancient Greek alphabet that they developed from...

Three Great Philosophers What makes a civilization great? It depends on the tools, the laws, class structures, religions, and government. However, it also depends on the way an individual thinks and how their way of thinking could contribute to improving society. In ancient Greece, there lived thre...

The average citizen with little experience in Mediterranean history may be able to correctly name but a few individuals who contributed significantly to the culture and histories of the area. The most memorable include Aristotle, Socrates and Plato, for their contributions to academics and thought...

Alexander the Great and His Achievements Alexander the Great was the king of Macedon. Alexander of Macedon, or ancient Mecadonia, deserves to be called the "Great". Alexander the Great was considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. He was an excellent king, general, and conque...

Ancient Greek Medicine While Greek Medicine particularly from the 5th century B.C onwards, increasingly used scientific method to develop cures, there still however remained people that considered medicine to be a religion. The ancient Greeks (Hellenic) made important discoveries about the human ...

ALEXANDER THE GREAT ALEXANDROS PHILIPPOU MAKEDONON (356-323 BC). More than any other world conqueror, Alexander III of Macedon, or ancient Macedonia, deserves to be called the Great. Although he died before the age of 33, he conquered almost all the then known world ...

Alexander The Great One of the greatest military geniuses of all time: Alexander the Great was born in Pella. He was king of the Macedonians and son of Philip II. He conquered the Persian Empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India and constituted much of what was then regarded th...

One of the greatest conquerors of all time is Alexander the Great of Macedonia. He was born in the year 356, in Pella, the ancient capital city of Macedonia. His father was Philip, the king of Macedonia, and his mother was Olympias, the princess of Epirus. His father, Philip, saw potential in A...

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a great conqueror that created the largest empire the world has ever known. In doing so, he not only established a great kingdom, he also spread the Greek Culture throughout this empire. Alexander the Great was able to establish an enormous empire by ...

Alexander the Great and Conquests Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia born approximately on July 20th in 356 BC. His mother was Olympias, a young princess from Epirus. Alexander was a remarkable person who loved to recite Homeric poetry. At age fourteen his father sent him to stud...

Alexander the Great did not deserve his title. Alexander the Great ruled from 356-323 BC. During this time he conquered a huge area of territory, amassing for himself a large land empire. However he was also responsible for the death of thousands of his own men. Although being one of the greate...

Introduction Alexander the Great's relation to triumph is obvious, he created an army which took over most of the known world. But what is not known widely is how tragic his life was. When Alexander was a child, his parents were constantly fighting and his father was usually away on campaig...