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- War (7002 bytes)
1: ...ar is contrasted with [[peace]], which is usually defined as the absence of war.
8: ...vance of technology has led to an increase in the destructiveness and cost of warfare throughout human...
14: ...position was forcefully defended by the Indian leader [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] (called "Mahatma" or "Gre...
16: ...] to the [[fascist]] states of the [[1930s]]. The defeat and repudiation of the fascist states and the...
18: ...use suffering, but are started to counter what is deemed even worse suffering) as legitimate, and it i... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: '''''Ancient Greece''''' is the term used to describe the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]-speaking world ...
4: ...ns use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]]...
6: ... the Ancient Greek period is the death of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period ...
10: ...ystems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] ...
15: ... died in [[323 BC|323 BC]]. Subsequent events are described in [[History of Hellenistic Greece]]. - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ...is political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander was disappointed, and the increasing power of Ag...
3: ...laus, who left the southern satrapy and again invaded [[Phrygia]], which he ravaged until the followin...
4: ... repulsed the Thessalian cavalry who tried to impede him. Reinforced by Phocian and Orchomenian
5: troops and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces
8: and he had to retire by way of [[Delphi]] to the [[Peloponnese]]. - Agis II (2300 bytes)
1: ...uled with his [[Agiad]] co-monarch [[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanius]].
3: ...n [[427 BC]], and as king was the chief leader of Spartan military
6: ...tory within his grasp when he unaccountably concluded a four months' truce and withdrew his forces.
8: ...thens, which was ended in spring 404 by the surrender of the city.
10: ...eir [[perioeci]] (citizens of cities conquered by Sparta, who were given some privileges) and to allow - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
1: [[Image:Alcibiades.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alcibiades]]
2: '''Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides''' ([[ancient Greek]]: <small>ΑΛΚ...
4: ...born in [[Athens]], the son of [[Cleinias]] and [[Deinomache]], who belonged to the family of the [[Al...
5: ...s a near relative of [[Pericles]], who, after the death of Cleinias at the [[Battle of Coronea (447 BC...
6: Thus early deprived of his father's control, possessed of great... - Alcman (1163 bytes)
1: ...er being the [[Doric]] form of the name), the founder of Doric [[lyric]] [[poetry]], to whom was assig...
3: ... Greek shows that he must have come very early to Sparta, where, after the close of the Messenian wars, th...
5: ...cessionals), and love-songs, of which he was considered the inventor.
7: ...mplicity. The fragments are scanty, the most considerable being part of a ''Parthenion'' found in 1855... - Amyntas III of Macedon (1278 bytes)
1: ... great-grandson of [[Alexander I of Macedon|Alexander I]], was king of [[Macedon]] from [[393 BC|393]]...
3: ...ter the ten years of confusion which followed the death of [[Archelaus II of Macedon|Archelaus II]], t...
5: He concluded a treaty with the [[Sparta]]ns, who assisted him to reduce [[Olynthus]] ([[3...
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12: | width="30%" align="center" | Preceded by:<br />'''[[Argaeus II of Macedon|Argaeus II]]... - Andocides (1237 bytes)
1: '''Andocides''', or '''Andokidè³ ''', ([[440 BC|440]]–[...
3: ... party and was distrusted by the democrats. Andocides was no professional orator; his style is simple ...
5: ...ontra [[Alcibiades|Alcibiadem]],'' generally considered spurious. - Antalcidas (1665 bytes)
1: '''Antalcidas''' was a [[Sparta]]n soldier and diplomat, the son of Leon.
3: ...f Persia|Persian]] [[satrap]] of [[Sardis]], to undermine the friendly relations then existing between...
5: ...act his efforts. Tiribazus, who was favourable to Sparta, threw Conon into prison, but [[Artaxerxes II]] (...
7: In [[388 BC]] Antalcidas, then commander of the navy went to the active assistance of Per...
10: ... were not under Persian rule -- were to be independent, except [[Lemnos]], Imbros and Scyros, which we... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ...61;ος'' - "the color of fire", "red-blonde", Latin ''Pyrrhus'') - the Molossian king from ca...
5: ... his former ally, Demetrius. By [[286 BC]] he had deposed his former brother-in-law and took control o...
7: ...an attack and certain defeat. Rome had already made itself into a major power, and poised to subdue a...
11: ... carving out an empire for himself in Italy. He made an alliance with [[Ptolemy Ceraunus]], King of Ma...
15: ...ulties were high, this battle is not usually considered a "pyrrhic" victory. Several tribes (the [[Luc... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...n and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extra...
7: ...ates that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is the most important...
9: ...g and everyone, and apparently it offended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, a...
11: ...hy for much longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [...
15: See [[Trial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and exec... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|Artemis sculpture.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipAr...
3: ...[[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]]. In [[Etruscan mythology]], she took ...
7: ...as the [[moon goddess]] to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of [[Helios]] a...
11: ...preaching of the new faith, zealously riot in her defense, shouting "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"...
13: ...ron]] and the festival of [[Artemis Orthia]] in [[Sparta]]. - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
8: ...eity [[Zeus]] had instated the festival after his defeat of the [[titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Cronus]]...
10: ...ds. The [[Sparta]]n adversary of Iphitos then decided to stop the war during these games, which were c...
12: ...ed. Pelops married the princess but not before murdering Myrtilus, whose curse later resulted in the f...
18: ...ympia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the [[List of deities|Greek gods]] near the towns of Elis and [[Pi...
19: ...]]. This statue was one of the ancient [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: [[Image:Zeus_god.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...leader of the gods and [[god]] of the sky and thunder in [[Greek mythology]].
6: ...d among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but wi...
8: ...ndo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the culture...
13: ...]] beliefs and the [[archetype|archetypal]] Greek deity. - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
7: ...lis of Athens 01361.JPG|thumb|200px|The western side of the Parthenon]]
11: ... plain of [[Attica]] with steep cliffs on three sides. It is accessible by foot only to the west, wher...
13: ...ing of two [[parapet]]s built with large blocks made of stones cemented with an earth mortar called ''...
15: ...ter the Dark Age the Acropolis ceased to be a residence and became the cult-center of Athens, center o...
16: ...amaged portions of the wall were replaced by a wooden fence, but this did not stop the [[Iran|Persian]... - Athena Nike (1650 bytes)
1: ...g she would remain in Athens for success over the Spartans. - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
1: ...uce]] in the middle, and ended with Athens' surrender in [[404 BC]].
5: ...nly known as the [[Sparta|Spartans]]), who, as leaders of the [[Peloponnesian League]], had long been ...
7: ...likely a greater catalyst for the war than Thucydides and other ancient authors realized, more so than...
11: ...s, the two powers were relatively unable to fight decisive battles.
13: ... slaves, known as [[helots]], needed to be kept under control, and could not be left unsupervised for ... - Greco-Persian Wars (5983 bytes)
3: ...sia Minor]] (546 BC) left the [[Ionia]]n Greeks under Persian rule, while the other Greeks were free, ...
5: ...ties sacked, although they were permitted to have democratic governments afterwards.
7: ... in the end the Athenians and [[Plataea]]ns alone defeated the Persians in the [[battle of Marathon]].
9: ...ek ships to flank and destroy them. Following the defeat, Xerxes and his fleet retired to Asia, where ...
11: ...eet commanded by the Spartan king [[Leotychides]] destroyed the remaining Persian fleet in the [[battl... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
8: ...acy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to [[Crete]], center of the [[Mino...
10: ...in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...teracy. Historians have traditionally blamed this decline on an invasion by another wave of Greek peop...
17: The beginnings of the Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the ...
18: ...rumark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery. - Aegean Sea (2751 bytes)
1: ...of the Aegean Sea from Rhodes, Greece. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...n Pelagos''; [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: '''Ege Denizi''') is an arm of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], l...
7: ...e Aegean was the site of the original [[democracy|democracies]], and it allowed for contact between se...
9: ...valleys and plains. There are two islands of considerable size belonging to [[Turkey]] on the Aegean S...
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