The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek ...
Continue Reading →In Orestes, the famous Greek tragic dramatist Euripides (c. 480 BC to 406 BC) revisits the bloody history of the House of Atreus and ...
Continue Reading →Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was “by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration” in Quintilian’s view; Horace judged ...
Continue Reading →Hippocrates of Kos, the Father of Western medicine, is credited with advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the knowledge of previous schools ...
Continue Reading →Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around ...
Continue Reading →The Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher’s late period, most likely written in 360 BC. Its main theme is to identify what a ...
Continue Reading →Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but ...
Continue Reading →Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but ...
Continue Reading →Euclid’s Elements is by far the most famous mathematical work of classical antiquity, and also has the distinction of being the world’s oldest continuously used ...
Continue Reading →This was the first detailed catalogue of the ancient statuary collected in the British Museum. The Museum had only recently created its Department ...
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