Ancient Greece - Hellas

Articles Index

Rise of Democracy in Athens
The eupatrids were the nobles who made up the cavalry and ruled ancient Athens. The rise of democracy in Athens came about when the value of the ordinary citizen as a soldier was finally recognized.

Ancient Greece - Hellenistic Age
Ancient Greek culture spread throughout the world in the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece

Sparta - Rise to Power of Sparta
Sparta built a navy while Athens suffered the plague. Sparta had a downwardly mobile society with fewer elites than helots, but it still defeated Athens, largely as a result of luck -- the Athenian plague -- and the development of a superior navy.

Delian League
Delian League - Formation of the Delian League after the Battle of Salamis in the Persian War and the importance of the Delian League at the start of the Peloponnesian War.

Sparta - Lycurgus
Lycurgus is known as the lawgiver of Sparta much as Solon is known as the lawgiver of Athens. Lycurgus is an even more legendary figure than his Athenian counterpart.

Greek Writers Timeline
A chronological list of ancient Greek writers.

Classical Greece
The Classical Age of Greece ran from the Persian Wars to Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

Tale of Troy or Iliad?
Literary questions on Homer with answers from Milman Parry, Alfred Lord and Internet experts.

Greek People Timelines
Greek People Timelines

The Plague - Thucydides' Peloponnesian War
Thucydides on the plague of Athens. In the midst of war, Athens was overcome by plague.