Athens and Sparta

Hoplitas

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He was called Father of History by the Roman writer and orator Cicero for his famous work The Histories but has also been called “The Father of Lies” by critics who claim these `histories’ are little more than tall tales.

Buildings on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Graphic History of Architecture by John Mansbridge

Themistocles (524 - 459 a. C) Athenian politician and general. One of the most important battles of the ancient world was that of Salamis (Medical War II, in 480 a. Of C) and resulted in the destruction by the Greeks of the huge fleet of the Persians. The latter, led by Xerxes, had launched a massive invasion of Greece, Asia Minor through making a huge army raced across the plains of Anatolia, Laodicea, Sardis and Pergamum, intending to cross the Dardanelles to reach the Greeks in the…

Magna Graecia. Τα σύμβολα λάβαρα των φυλών της μεγάλης Ελλάδας (vía archaeology)

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'Greece. Athens. The statue of Athena.' by vadim19. Greece. Athens. The statue of Athena. In Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, female arts, crafts, justice and skill. Minerva, Athe...

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Busto de Artemisia.

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Battle of salamis Monument in Modern Salamis Greece

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Bust of Pericles (nicknamed "onion-head" as he had a funny-shaped head) bearing the inscription "Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian". Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BCE... Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC) was the most prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age. Responsible for Parthenon, too.