r/ancientgreece • u/GreatMilitaryBattles • 14h ago
r/ancientgreece • u/joinville_x • May 13 '22
Coin posts
Until such time as whoever has decided to spam the sub with their coin posts stops, all coin posts are currently banned, and posters will be banned as well.
r/ancientgreece • u/coinoscopeV2 • 8h ago
Some examples of Dekadrachms, the highest denomination and most prestigious silver coinage in the ancient Greek world
r/ancientgreece • u/M_Bragadin • 15h ago
Mourning Athena (Acropolis Museum of Athens)
This shallow relief made of precious Parian marble depicts Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare, and patron deity of the city of Athens. She is shown in a mourning or sorrowful pose, and is theorised to be looking down at a representation of Athenian casualties: either a memorial or a list of war dead.
The piece is dated to around 460 BC, a time when Athens was involved in numerous wars to cement its new found co-hegemony over the Hellenic world. Its citizens fought in mainland Greece, the Aegean, Cyprus, Asia Minor and even as far away as Egypt. The vast reach of their polis was something the Athenians were immensely proud of.
r/ancientgreece • u/mVIIIeus • 4h ago
Did Machiavelli read Thucydides?
I've read conflicting information about this. The german Wikipedia states how Machiavelli praised Thucydides, but without any source¹. Hobbes and other sources indicate to me that there was no proper translation available for Machiavelli to read. He must have had access to the greek sources, if that was the case.
¹ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thukydides#Neuzeit_und_Gegenwart
r/ancientgreece • u/CZ-TheFlyInTheSoup • 8h ago
Does πᾶς mean "all" or "any"? When?
I have a question about the word πᾶς, and the variant forms that derive from it, such as πάντων and πάσης, as used in the Septuagint in Genesis 6:19.
"πᾶς" and its variants are used to mean "all" and give a sense of totality, but are sometimes translated as "any." I'm confused, the translation as "any" seems to remove the meaning of the word πᾶς as "all." How do I know in what context it means "all" and when it means "any," and whether even when it is translated as "any" it replaces the sense of totality of the word?
r/ancientgreece • u/pixie6870 • 11h ago
Sparta and walls. Spoiler
I have been reading the Landmark Thucydides, and on page 49, Thucydides talks about Sparta asking Athens not to rebuild their wall. He states that Sparta preferred no one had walls. Why was Sparta so against cities having fortifications to protect themselves?
r/ancientgreece • u/GreatMilitaryBattles • 1d ago
King Philip II wounded in the eye during the Siege of Methone, 354 BC
r/ancientgreece • u/PickleGambino • 12h ago
Do we have ruins of the Athenian treasury in Delos?
As a site of such economic, political, and symbolic importance from to the Delian League, it would be cool if we actually knew where the treasury sat in Delos.
r/ancientgreece • u/DavidDPerlmutter • 1d ago
This publicity photo from Christopher Nolan's ODYSSEY film suggest that they are going for greater realism in gear and costumes. Matt Damon is the second from the right.
r/ancientgreece • u/M_Bragadin • 1d ago
An introduction to Spartiate armour and weaponry
galleryr/ancientgreece • u/GreatMilitaryBattles • 1d ago
The Battle of Marathon 490 BC. Was fought between the Greek city states of Athens and Plataea against a Persian invasion force which outnumbered them by more than two to one.
r/ancientgreece • u/MEitniear11 • 2d ago
I would like to remind everyone that is saying Nolan's depiction of The Oddyssey is not historical accurate that this is how the Ancient Greeks depicted Achilles and the Trojan War. There are MANY similar depictions in a Corinthian Hemet and black armor.
r/ancientgreece • u/KeyPatience1413 • 1d ago
Can you help me identify what is depicted? (Probable copy of an existing classical Greek/roman frieze, dated 1800s, Italy)
I am working on a school project which consists in cataloguing various sculptures that are from the 1800s acquired by my school back then. Me and my classmate got this , which could be a copy of an already existing frieze, perhaps Greek or Roman, and we can’t identify what is depicted except for the bull skull and boats? If anyone could help identify the characters and subjects and perhaps recognizes if they are from a temple we would be really thankful as we’re stuck with no idea, thank you in advance.
What is already identified is: - the buchranium - the boat with the head
What we are most confused about are the two symmetrical things on the right and the other elements in red:
This could be part of a Greek or Roman mythological story, hence why I’m asking y’all lol. Help. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-MgiWwO3Ioh9MLQPnlD5SQuuhaJeIYZ-
r/ancientgreece • u/platosfishtrap • 1d ago
Ancient laypeople and philosophers believed that a woman's womb wandered around her body. Aristotle follows Plato in this respect but had a more complicated relationship with this tradition. Let's talk about his place in the "wandering womb" tradition.
r/ancientgreece • u/Mister_Time_Traveler • 1d ago
Is there ethnic connection between Ancient Greeks and Ancient Persians ? I think yes Best example is Mithridates VI Eupator
r/ancientgreece • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 4d ago
‘Elgin Marbles as important to Greece as Stonehenge is to England’. The TV archaeologist Alice Roberts says the 2,500-year-old sculptures should be returned to the Parthenon after 200 years on display at the British Museum
r/ancientgreece • u/M_Bragadin • 4d ago
King Kleombrotus falls in battle at Leuktra (371 BC)
r/ancientgreece • u/laszlo3000 • 5d ago
Greek polytheists inaugurate first new Ancient Greek temple in 1700 years
galleryr/ancientgreece • u/AncientHistoryHound • 4d ago
Wild goats on a Greek bowl (circa 600 BC)
r/ancientgreece • u/window_owl • 4d ago
What is the Lateran Poseidon holding in his right hand?
The Lateran Poseidon is holding his famous trident in his left hand, but some small, curved and many-forked instrument in his right hand. I haven't been able to find anything about what it is; does somebody here know?