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Hello. Last year I read The Illiad and The Odyssey and ever since I developed a desire for learning more about greek history.

This felling grew after reading 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline and playing Total War: TROY. Therefore, I started looking for a history book that will give me an overview of the history of the greeks. Even though I love the Bronze Age, i want to have a more wide panel before diving into this specific period, and I am also curious to learn about Classical Greece.

So, these are the four most suggested books about Ancient Greek available in my country (English is not even my main language, however there arent many others translated), but I don't really know which one to choose. So, which one you guys recommend? Or maybe just get all of them?

Bonus content from Hercules Blu-ray (2014)

Greetings. While looking at the Alexander mosaic, I noticed a man bleeding from a head injury on the left side of the mosaic. Modern reconstructions depict him as a Macedonian companion. Is it possible that this man is a Persian who clashed with Alexander trying to defend king Dareios III and got overrun by Alexander's cavalry?
Do we have any sources that identify this man as either a Macedonian or Persian?

I haven't asked this before but now I'm too curious.

Is there an online resource which hosts a detailed and chronologically organized list of all the known battles and wars Spartans took part in?

At least something that’s not just Wikipedia.

Here are a few more photos from the exhibition. I hope you enjoy them! For this part, these are objects ranging from Archaic Greece to the Roman era, but still linked to the theme of « Heroes of Greece ». About the exhibition, from the museum:

Between myth and reality, delve into the heart of a legendary epic
The Trojan War is one of the greatest mythological stories of all time! Passed down through the centuries, notably in works by the poet Homer, this fascinating epic tells of an era when powerful gods and legendary heroes lived side by side.

The exhibition Heroes of Greece. The Age of Troy offers a unique opportunity to look into the origins of the myth detailed in the Iliad and the Odyssey and uncover the story behind this epic that shaped the Greek imagination and influenced countless civilizations. Featuring a remarkable selection of close to 400 authentic objects from 28 Greek museums and archaeological sites, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the great stories of heroic figures and their historical reality.

In search of heroes and gods
Achilles, Helen, Odysseus, as well as Zeus, Artemis, and Poseidon: the exhibition introduces visitors to fascinating figures and tells the stories of the heroes and gods who populate the tales of the Trojan War. Love, anger, loyalty, honour, pride, power—their journeys and the trials they endure reveal many facets of human nature with which we still identify today.

Two foundational eras of ancient Greece
The exceptional objects on display throughout the exhibition bring to life two major periods that shaped the legend of Troy and profoundly influenced Greek culture. The Bronze Age reveals a prosperous civilization, marked by monumental architecture, craftsmanship, and a mastery of working with gold. Then comes the Iron Age, associated with Homer, a time when the world was in flux, driven by the rise of new techniques and the dissemination of mythical tales that have endured through the centuries.

An exhibition co-organized by Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Greece).

Were any of the Titans ever worshipped as far as we know? Did the Greeks fear that doing so would anger Zeus?

Image 1: a bronze shoulder guard found at Dendra c. 1939, roughly dating to c. 1450 BC. Found in isolation, it was originally believed to be a helmet.

Image 2: bronze armour found at Dendra in 1960, roughly dating to c. 1400 BC, on display at the Archaeological Museum of Nafplio. The helmet is leather reinforced by slivers of boar tusk, with bronze cheekpieces.

Image 3: remnants of bronze armour found at Thebes in 1964.

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/encased-bronze-panoply-mycenaean-tomb-dendra/

The only way I’ve seen Rhea portrayed is wife of Kronos and mother of the Olympians. She saved Zues from being swallowed and essentially started the Titanomachy. Why does she fade into irrelevance after she gives the stone to Kronos. Was she banished to Tartarus too?

Here are a few of my photos from the exhibition. I hope you enjoy them! For this first part, these are objects from the Bronze Age or close to it (with the exception of the « Mask of Agamemnon », which is a reproduction) If I make a part two, I will show some of the items from later periods (ranging from Archaic Greece to the Roman era, and still linked to the theme of « Heroes of Greece »). About the exhibition, from the museum:

Between myth and reality, delve into the heart of a legendary epic
The Trojan War is one of the greatest mythological stories of all time! Passed down through the centuries, notably in works by the poet Homer, this fascinating epic tells of an era when powerful gods and legendary heroes lived side by side.

The exhibition Heroes of Greece. The Age of Troy offers a unique opportunity to look into the origins of the myth detailed in the Iliad and the Odyssey and uncover the story behind this epic that shaped the Greek imagination and influenced countless civilizations. Featuring a remarkable selection of close to 400 authentic objects from 28 Greek museums and archaeological sites, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the great stories of heroic figures and their historical reality.

In search of heroes and gods
Achilles, Helen, Odysseus, as well as Zeus, Artemis, and Poseidon: the exhibition introduces visitors to fascinating figures and tells the stories of the heroes and gods who populate the tales of the Trojan War. Love, anger, loyalty, honour, pride, power—their journeys and the trials they endure reveal many facets of human nature with which we still identify today.

Two foundational eras of ancient Greece
The exceptional objects on display throughout the exhibition bring to life two major periods that shaped the legend of Troy and profoundly influenced Greek culture. The Bronze Age reveals a prosperous civilization, marked by monumental architecture, craftsmanship, and a mastery of working with gold. Then comes the Iron Age, associated with Homer, a time when the world was in flux, driven by the rise of new techniques and the dissemination of mythical tales that have endured through the centuries.

An exhibition co-organized by Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Greece).

At Odyssey 1.106–108, Athena finds the suitors enjoying themselves with pessoi. The relevant line literally says they “delighted their hearts with pessoi before the doors.”  Unfortunately Homer doesn't go on to explain or describe the details of the game they are playing. But what is already clear is that boardgames were a part of the Ancient Greeks way of life. But what was the game. If we take a look at the archaeology it gets more interesting, there are several gaming boards in the archaeology which are located in Attica and come from a time period possibly contemporary with Homer (depending on when we assume Homer was writing and if he was one or many people). There are several - some with 5 lines, some with 7 some with 11. Scholars call them Pennte Grammai.

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Thucydides’ historiography has something quite distinctive about it. What interests me most is not that he was one of the first historians, but that he is often considered the first historian in a methodological sense. He was quite skeptical of Herodotus as a historian and stressed how difficult it is to know much about the distant past with any certainty. In a way, this can even remind us of the much later postmodern idea that understanding the past is, to some extent, impossible. He was a really interesting man.

Hello.

I've recently begun developing an interest in Mycenaean Greece, and I'm actually planning on writing a short story set in this specific period of history.

Because I'm aiming for historical accuracy, I'd like to ask if there's a book (possibly illustrated) that depicts the armour and outfits worn by people living during this period. While I did look up some pictures online, I'm not sure if they are a faithful portrayal of the period, especially the one I plan on using as a setting for my story (aka, the late bronze Age).

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Excluding the reasons of weight penalty and the cost difference of the two, what's the reasons?

Cannot wait to start reading The Odyssey

The peloponnesian war, the 3td and 4th sacred wars and the lamian war had stripped athens from a lot of its sovereignity, and started being influenced by macedon, but it still retained a de jure independent goverment. When did it officially stop existing?,