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What Stood on the Acropolis Before the Parthenon?

Greek Reporter 08 Feb 2025
Major Mycenaean centers included Mycenae (home of Agamemnon, one of the Iliad protagonists), Tiryns, Pylos (home of Nestor), Thebes, Midea, Gla, Orchomenos, Argos, Sparta, Nichoria and Athens.
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Who was Considered Greek in Ancient Greece?

Greek Reporter 04 Feb 2025
Instead, they identified primarily as citizens of their city-states, known in Greek as ‘poleis.’ Examples of these poleis include the well-known city-states of Athens, Sparta and Corinth, among many others.
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Tariffs = Depression? Do we just go kaput?

Armstrong Economics 03 Feb 2025
COMMENT ... The future looks bleak and as always the working class would see their lives going from bad to worse ... Gemma. REPLY ... I had sold Athenian Owls, which were also a hoard, during the uncertainty of the Peloponnesian War when Sparta defeated Athens.
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Trumps Tariffs = Demise of the Dollar

Armstrong Economics 03 Feb 2025
I do not say this out being a Trump hater ... The next financial capital of the world after Persia became Athens, Greece. There was the Peloponnesian War, where Sparta defeated them in 404 BC ... We, too, issued what became known as clad coinage ... ....
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Marriage and Wedding Ceremonies in Ancient Greece

Greek Reporter 31 Jan 2025
Wedding ritual in Sparta. In Sparta there was a different approach to matrimony. Unlike in Athens and marriage in other parts of Ancient Greece, marriage had a different purpose ... It was not the same in Sparta, though.
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Recap: Sparta beats New Athens

St Louis Post-Dispatch 28 Jan 2025
Sparta beat visiting New Athens 59-43 Monday ... .
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China’s rise may not be antithetical to U.S. interests, scholar says

Stanford Daily 22 Jan 2025
The U.S ... and China ... The idea originates from the Peloponnesian War more than 2,400 years ago, when Sparta concluded that war with Athens was inevitable because of the growth of Athenian power ... Turning to geopolitical competition between the U.S ... .
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Ancient Greek Pottery and the Mysterious Herms

Greek Reporter 21 Jan 2025
Ancient Greek Vase Gallery, National Archaeological Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece ... Alcibiades, once the golden boy of Athens and close friend of Socrates, fled to Sparta—which was Athens’ enemy—and was tried in absentia.
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The End of Nation States as We Know Them?

Greek Reporter 19 Jan 2025
Societies such as Athens and Sparta became deeply rooted in specific locations ... Hanson argues that the agricultural practices of small-scale farmers were foundational to the economic and social structures of the Greek polis, particularly in Athens.
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What Was the Population of Ancient Greece?

Greek Reporter 18 Jan 2025
It is marked by the rise of city-states such as Athens and Sparta and significant developments in culture, politics, trade and warfare.
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The Thirty Tyrants Who Killed Five Percent of Ancient Athens’ Population

Greek Reporter 12 Jan 2025
Lysander has the walls of Athens demolished. The Thirty Tyrants of Athens ruled after the Peloponnesian war ended ... Battle Scene on Ancient Krater Vase, National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece ... How The Thirty Tyrants Of Athens Came To Power.
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Los Angeles is burning — or is it?

Chicago Sun-Times 09 Jan 2025
Plato was at his prime when Athens was defeated by Sparta, ending its Golden Age ... "Plato believed that the Sophists' verbal trickery was to blame for Athens's downfall and submission to ...
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Thucydides’ Trap: An Ancient Greek Historian’s Warning for Modern Superpowers

Greek Reporter 23 Dec 2024
The lessons of the Peloponnesian War, contested between ancient Athens and Sparta, still apply to the complex geopolitical landscape of the 21st century almost 2,500 years later.
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With its megalomaniacal arrogance, Israel is turning into ancient Athens

Haaretz 21 Dec 2024
One can easily liken Israel to ancient Sparta, where war and national fortitude were glorified. But a more accurate comparison is with Athens, which in seeking to eliminate the Persian threat found itself facing catastrophe ....
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Podcast #264: A Theory of Everyone

Quillette 21 Dec 2024
Introduction. My guest this week is Michael Muthukrishna ... We focus in particular on two of the central ideas in his book ... Michael Muthukrishna ... MM ... II ... Sparta might outcompete Athens, or the more violent society might outcompete the more peaceful society ... .

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