Directory of Greece Resources

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This category lists sites specifically to the history of ancient Greece.

Subcategories

• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art
• Macedonia
• Mythology
• Olympics
• Peloponnesian War
• People
• Persian Wars
• Religion
• Trojan War

Resources in This Category

• A Detailed Chronology of Greek History

  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/kapparis/AOC/chronology.htm
  A quick historical reference for both the novice and student of Greek culture as collected and compiled by Charlie Kyriacou.

• A Woman of the Minoan Civilisation

  http://kravcev9.tripod.com/arch2/id1.html
  Images with information about their role, dress, jewelry, everyday events, and life at home.

• Ancient Greece

  http://www.ancientgreece.com/
  Topics on the history, art and architecture, mythology, wars, geography and culture of the ancient civilization. Features a forum, essays, and photo gallery.

• Ancient-Greece.org

  http://www.ancient-greece.org/
  Topics include archaeology, architecture, art, culture, history, and maps.

• Ancient-Greece.us

  http://www.ancient-greece.us/
  The history with information on women, myths and legends, Olympics, wars, democracy, Sparta, society, coins, and Pythagoras.

• Crystallinks: Ancient Greece

  http://www.crystalinks.com/greece.html
  Information and essays on topics including history, culture, government, Hippocrates, and art.

• Delian League

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-delianleague.asp
  A confederation of Greek states under the leadership of Athens with its headquarters at Delos, founded in 478 B.C.

• Demos - Classical Athenian Democracy

  http://www.stoa.org/projects/demos/home
  A digital encyclopedia offering biographies, images, history, and arguments.

• Description of Greece, Book I - Attica

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk1.asp
  The complete text of book written by Pausanias, fl.c.160 C.E.

• Description of Greece, Book II - Corinth

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk2.asp
  The complete text of book written by Pausanias, fl.c.160 C.E.

• Documents of the Founding of Cyrene

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/630cyrene.asp
  Excerpt from Herodotus's The History, c. 430 B.C.

• Electronic Resources for Classicists - The Second Generation

  http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html
  Contains projects, databases, images, publications, course materials, fonts, software, organizations, seminars, etexts, and other links.

• Europe Before 1000 B.C.E.

  http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch07.htm
  An article on agriculture, Mycenae, Minoans, and the Dark Age.

• Greece Pyramids

  http://www.crystalinks.com/pyrgreece.html
  Structures that pre-date those of Egypt.

• Greek City States

  http://www.crystalinks.com/greekcities.html
  The history especially since the dark ages with maps.

• Herodotus

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.asp
  A biography of the Greek historian and the Father of History.

• Hippocratic Oath

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_oath
  An oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine.

• History Of Athens

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Athens
  A detailed account of one of the longest standing cities.

• Knossos

  http://www.dilos.com/location/13370
  The Minoan Palace briefing with images.

• Maecenas - Images of Ancient Greece and Rome

  http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html
  Galleries of photographs in black and white, and color.

• Minos

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos
  The story of a legendary king.

• MrDonn.org: Daily Life in Ancient Greece

  http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Greeklife.html
  A look at the daily routines, customs, and lifestyle of the Greeks. Includes clip art, maps, and games.

• Mycenae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae
  An article about the history of the city with pictures and links.

• On the Kings of Sparta

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-sparta1.asp
  A portion of the book The History of the Persian Wars, c. 430 B.C.E. as written by Herodotus.

• Overview of Late Antiquity

  http://faculty.nipissingu.ca/muhlberger/ORB/OVINDEX.HTM
  The land, peoples, ideologies, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean through the seventh century AD.

• Phaistos

  http://www.interkriti.org/crete/iraklion/phaistos.html
  Access and history of the archaeology site.

• Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean

  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~prehistory/aegean/
  Curricular project with a series of lessons and illustrations.

• Reports of the Origins of Athens

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/athens-origins.asp
  Text as written by Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, and Aristotle, c. 430 B.C.E - 110 C.E.

• Solon

  http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/solon.html
  Complete text as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E. and translated by John Dryden.

• Sparta Revisited

  http://www.elysiumgates.com/~helena/
  Information on the city-state of Sparta.

• Spartan Women

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/aristotle-spartanwomen.asp
  An excerpt as written by Aristotle in The Politics of Aristotle.

• The Ancient City of Athens

  http://www.stoa.org/athens/
  A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains, including essays and resources.

• The Archaic Age and the Rise of the Polis

  http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/CourseNotes/Polis.html
  An essay by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan with further readings and notes.

• The Asclepion: Medicine in Ancient Greece

  http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/greekmenu.HTM
  Essays on medicine in Homer, foundations of Hippocratic medicine, Hippocratic Oath, overview of Hippocratic epidemics, Hippocratic treatise on fractures, illness of maidens, temple cures, and midwives in the Roman World.

• The Athenian Constitution

  http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/athenian_const.html
  The complete text as written 350 B.C.E. by Aristotle, and translated by Sir Frederic G. Kenyon.

• The Battle of Chaeronea

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/338chaeronea.asp
  As written by Diodorus Siculus, a battle in 338 B.C.E. that implied the passing of the Greek system of city-states and the substitution of large military monarchies.

• The Bronze Age on the Aegean Islands

  http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/islands/en/
  The habitation, society, religion, economy, and art.

• The Early History of Sparta

  http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/thucydides_lecture/sixty_a.htm
  A brief but detailed history with links.

• The Ephors of Sparta

  http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparephr.html
  A listing by names.

• The Glory That Was Greece

  http://www.watson.org/~leigh/athens.html
  Sections on drama, history, mythology, and philosophy with a link directory, bibliography, and index of illustrations.

• The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization

  http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/
  Introduction to the history, culture, politics, art and warfare with a timeline, map, a look at life in Athens, and ancient language lessons.

• The History of the Peloponnesian War

  http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html
  The complete text as written in 431 B.C.E. by Thucydides, and translated by Richard Crawley.

• The Kings of Sparta

  http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparking.html
  A listing of names.

• The Law Code of Gortyn

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/450-gortyn.asp
  A code dealing fully with family relations and inheritance, c. 450 B.C.E.

• The Spartan War Machine, c. 375 B.C.E.

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-spartanwar.asp
  An account as written by Xenophon, c.428-c.354 B.C.E.

• Thrace and the Thracians

  http://www.thrace.0catch.com/
  Introduction, history, geography, society, art and culture, and warfare.

• Thucydides: On The Early History of the Hellenes

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/thuc-hellenes.asp
  An excerpt from The History of the Peloponnesian War written c. 395 B.C.E.

• Trade and Barter in Ancient Greece

  http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Classics/EconomicsinGreece.html
  An essay on economics.

• Wikipedia: Ancient Greece

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece
  An encyclopedia article on the history and society of the empire.

• Works by Plutarch

  http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Plutarch.html
  List of works with links to the texts.

• Xenophon - Anabasis, or March Up Country

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.asp
  The story of the march to Persia to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing return of the Greeks between 401 B.C. and March 399 B.C.

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