Early Civilizations to Modern Age

Far to the south of the Greek Peninsula lay the large island of Crete. It was the home of a

Read More The Power of Minos 2200 B.C. to 1400 B.C.

Across the plains of Peloponnesus, flashed the swift chariots of knights and warrior-princes. They wore armour of gleaming bronze and

Read More Companions of the King 1500 B.C. – 1000 B.C.

From island to island and town to town, across the wide new world of the Greeks, the minstrel wandered, with

Read More Gods and Heroes 800 B.C. – 550 B.C.

During the Dark Ages, the large kingdoms of Homer’s Achaean heroes had disappeared. The Greek world was now dotted with

Read More Kings, Tyrants and Democracy 1000 B. C. to 100 B. C.

Of all the city-states in Greece, Athens was the most fortunate. The city’s guardian was Athena, the goddess of war

Read More Athens: City of Wisdom and War 700 B. C. to 500 B. C.

In Sparta, the shops in the market place had little gold or jewelry to sell and no fine furniture at

Read More Sparta: City of Soldiers B. C. 700 – 500

Across the Aegean, from the oriental court of King Darius of Persia, came messengers to all the city-states of mainland

Read More Greece Fights for its Life 499 B. C.-479 B. C.

When Themistocles and the people of Athens came home from Salamis, they found only the ashes of a city. Their

Read More The Golden Age of Athens 480 B. C. to 430 B. C.

About 425 B. C., a lonely man, in a country that was not his own, sat down to write the

Read More Greek Against Greek 430 B. C. – 404 B. C.

In the first years of Spartan peace, Greece was filled with wandering soldiers. Their little cities needed them no more.

Read More The Greek Way of Life 700 B. C. – 343 B. C.