1998 Ancient / Classical History Features
12/22/98 -
Adultery: A Peacock's Tale
The Olympians set the standards for female reactions and male infidelities.
12/15/98 -
The Olympians: Emergence
Third and fourth generation immortals emerge form more primeval forces.
12/01/98 -
Advent Calendar
Ancient saints' lives commemorated during Advent.
11/24/98 -
Prehistoric Passage
Neolithic burial tomb provides inspiration and mystery.
11/03/98 -
Virtuous Men of Greece and Rome
Men from Greece and Rome who exemplify virtue.
10/27/98 -
Irish Legends
Tales from the Red Branch and the sons of Fin Mac Cool.
10/20/98 -
Shipwreck Salvage
A cache of unbroken amphoras unites archaeologists and salvors.
10/13/98 - Chronocentricity & Other Vested Interests
Archaeology, etymology, biblical studies, and paleography solve some dating riddles.
10/06/98 - Homeric Questions VIII
The shape of Greece changed between the Trojan War and the birth of Homer.
09/29/98 - Ghost Stories
Visitors from beyond the grave have haunted mortals for millennia.
09/22/98 - Homeric Questions VI
Homer's epics taught children to live well.
09/15/98
- Banned Books
Socrates' suicide was the first act of Western censorhip.
09/08/98
- Homeric Questions IV
If the Trojan War story isn't in The Iliad where is it?
09/01/98
- Homeric Questions II
Did one man compose the entire Iliad and Odyssey? How?
08/25/98
- Amazons II: & The Legendary Heroes
Being a legendary hero meant fighting worthy opponents like the Amazons.
08/18/98
- Amazons I: Questions of Identity
Were the Amazons of Greek Legend the ones found in the Russian Steppes?
08/11/98 - Stoics & Moral Philosophy
Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus on the rational universe.
08/04/98
- Epicurus & His Philosophy of Pleasure
Ataraxia taught in a philosopher's garden.
07/28/98 - Ancient/Classical History's Future on the WWW
Seven webmasters share their visions.
07/13/98
- May You Live In Interesting Times
Caesar's eventful life and reputation 2098 years after his birth.
[URL = http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa070798.htm" ]07/07/98 - Techno-Barbarism
Guest Feature: Simulation game review. This article has been removed. You may be able to find it on the Internet Archive.
06/30/98 - Keeping Cool
Tips from antiquity on how to stay cool during the dog days.
06/23/98 - Los Angeles On The Tiber
Guest Feature: Computer game review.
06/16/98 - Learning Latin on the Internet
Resources for autodidacts and other self starters.
06/09/98 - Great Caesar!
Biography of the greatest man ever, according to some.
06/02/98
- Sutcliff's Roman Britain
Historical fiction for summer reading.
05/26/98
- A Little Etymology
Greek and Latin affixes as reading aids.
05/19/98
- Final Un-Test
Open book test on Ancient/Classical History.
05/12/98
- Boudicca: A Mother's Revenge
She was not a woman to be trifled with.
05/05/98
- Boudicca: Marriage, Rape & Revenge
Financial context of marriage and rape according to the Brehon Laws.
04/28/98
- Merlin
Could there actually have been a prophet named Merlin?
04/21/98
- 4 Stories of Prince Al
Competing from his early years with a great father honed Alexander's leadership ability.
04/14/98
- Harappa
Twice as extensive as the Old Kingdom of Egypt, yet largely unknown.
04/07/98
- Another Joseph and Mary
Mary Magdalen and Joseph of Arimathea accompanied the Holy Grail.
03/31/98
- Hypatia of Alexandria
The last great Alexandrian mathematician and philosopher.
03/24/98
- Aspasia of Miletus
The original liberated woman, a fifth century Athenian metic.
03/17/98
- Why Your Children Should Learn Latin
Higher Math SAT scores is one of many reasons.
03/10/98
- Ancient Egypt: Pyramids
Home for the pharaoh's dead body.
02/24/98 -
Carthage Delenda Est IV: Review of Sophon of Carthage
Historical romance puts flesh back on the ancient city.
02/17/98 -
The Olympics
Besides the torch not too much has changed.
02/10/98 - Cupid & Valentine's Day
Cupid's love was more substantial than a chubby-cheeked cherub's misdirected missiles and Valentine's Day has its origins in ancient festivities and rituals of purification.
02/03/98 - Carthago Delenda Est: Punic Wars II & III
From Hannibal to the demolition of Carthage.
01/27/98 - Carthago Delenda Est: Punic War I
Called in to settle a local dispute, Rome and Carthage turned it into a world war. Evenly matched, the war only ended when Carthage grew tired.
01/20/98 - Carthago Delenda Est: Background
The Phoenicians did more than just invent the alphabet.
01/13/98 - Uranus' Revenge: Rise of the Olympians
When Cronus butchered his father, he set in motion a sequence of revenge.
01/06/98 - Creation Myths Cosmogonies
Stories from Genesis and Hesiod, as well as family stories recounted by children.
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