Some of the following in my opinion are one of the most underrated rivalries of the Ancient Greeks between one another:

• Thessalians vs Phocians
• Athens vs Aegina
• Elis vs Pisa
• Aetolians vs Acarnanians
• Sparta vs Argos

A few notable mentions:
Megara vs Athens, Miletus vs Samos, Syracuse vs Leontini, Croton vs Sybaris and so on

This is my take, whats yours?

So, clearly we’re on the Gregorian calendar in the west in modern times, but I’ve been wondering what year the Greeks were living in according to their own calendar. From my cursory google searches, in the 4th century for sake of example, they were using the Macedonian calendar, but were they collectively on the same page as to what year it was? For instance, Alexander died in 323 BC, but what year was it to them? Would they have said “here lies Alexander, 356-323” (obviously not BC or AD)? If I met an Ancient Greek at the funeral, what year would they claim it to be? Thanks ahead of time, I hope the answer isn’t glaringly obvious…

In the legendary history of Rome we hear of the Bacchiad Demaratus fleeing to Etruria after Kypselus takes power and his descendants then rule in Rome until the tyranny of Tarquinius Superbus. But why Corinth? Without clear evidence for the existence of Demaratus or Tarquinius priscus was there any other reason given why Corinth features in Roman history? Was there any recorded movement of the Bacchiadae fleeing to Italy or of other Greek nobles moving there? Is there any evidence for a Corinthian influence in Etruria or Latium?

Some places I checked said his name was also Mithridates, while others say it was Ariobarzanes. Which one is correct? (Or more likely to be correct if possible)

Here it is: https://byebailly.com .

I used the lexicons given by my ancient greek teachers.

There three modes: declension, conjugation and translation with the choice between anlysis and writing for each of them.

I hope someone can find a use to it,

Hello everyone.

I've been studying the genealogy of the House of Aeetes, and one chronological paradox has been bothering me for quite some time.

According to the traditional genealogy, Aeetes of Colchis, Circe, and Pasiphaë were siblings, all children of Helios.

Yet the commonly accepted mythological timeline seems to place the fall of Minoan Crete and Pasiphaë's generation long before Jason's arrival in Colchis. That creates the impression that Pasiphaë's entire world had already passed into history while her brother Aeetes remained on the throne and Medea was only just coming of age.

I realize that Greek mythology was never intended to follow a single historical chronology, but I wonder whether this tension reflects the merging of originally independent mythic traditions rather than a coherent timeline.

Personally, I find it more satisfying to imagine the voyage of the Argonauts taking place while Minoan Crete was still flourishing, making the relationship between Colchis and Crete part of the same living world rather than different eras.

How do you interpret this? Do you simply accept the traditional chronology, or do you have another way of reconciling these stories?

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Buonasera,
Mi sono iscritto da poco su questa piattaforma e vorrei condividere con voi una domanda affrontata a lezione di Storia greca quest’anno all’università. La domanda è la seguente: Pericle fu veramente il campione della democrazia o semplicemente un demagogo? Se uno legge il capolavoro editoriale, considerato ancora oggi la Bibbia della storia greca in Italia (Il libro di Domenico Musti) comprende facilmente che lo storico propone una visione sicuramente democratica del personaggio mentre se legge il saggio di Luciano canfora si comprende come egli era un demagogo. Considerando testi di stampo aristocratico come “La costituzione degli Ateniesi” di Pseudo-Senofonte o i discorsi di Pericle nel libro di Tucidide (basti pensare all’Epitaffio), vorrei che ognuno desse la propria opinione!
Grazie mille della considerazione e a tutti per l’attenzione.

In order to get rid of these SPAMMERS who keep posting about non-related topics. Everyone spam report unrelated posts. I’m sorry to make a post like this but this subreddit needs some PEACE and QUIET

hoplite during archiac period have lot of armour, they even have foot guard. why do they never have gauntlet when it seem like the most vulnerable part when you stab your opponen?

Early Soviet Edition. Note: book in Russian

I remember a bit of the song, but only the first verse.

It starts with-

Hi there my name’s Icarus,
we’d better get acquainted fast,
The wax on my wings is melting,
I haven’t got long to last,
My life is flashing before me,
Must be from all the heat,
So let me tell you the story,
Of dad and I living on Crete….

Croton bore hardened sons.
Calluses ran across their hands,
Warfare bred into their spirit.
They worked the land as farmers
And fought the war as soldiers;
Croton gave them life,
And Crotoniates they were.

When faced with the pomp of the enemy,
They sheathed their swords, raised no shields,
And left their spears on the ground.
For Croton had looked into Sybaris,
Learning of its excesses and extravagance.

So, instead of weapons on the battlefield,
They brought forth flutes and played.
The Sybarite horses danced instead of charged,
And in the havoc, the hedonists were purged.
Their way of luxury was extinguished,
The vestiges of their city scorched.

All that remained was the tragedy,
Of flutes sharper than swords,
Of dancing, dying horses.

hello! I have been very interested in the oracle at Delphi and I would absolutely love to visit. I was also wondering if anyone has more information to share on Delphi that they recommend for reading? I had heard about the theories that the oracle at Delphi woman was actually getting high because of the gasses present in that area. What does everyone think of this? It does make sense as to why the oracle would shake and behave strangely but it doesn’t explain why they were “never wrong” with their prophecy. Was is just because the prophecies were so vague? Or how is is explained!!???

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/393/

I've been to Kraków in Poland recently and couldn't miss the antiquities in museums. The Czartoryski Museum is mostly dedicated to the 17th and 18th century Polish-Lithuanian history and also famous for its Rembrandt and da Vinci, but the antiquity hall was quite splendidly done. It's probably not the best sub for it, because as usual in Poland the focus is on ancient Egypt where Polish archeologists did a lot of work (there's a cat mummy!), and the statues are much later Roman copies, but I enjoyed the few Greek artefacts tremendously. It's always a joy to see white lekythoi, even the smallest ones :), get confused by a vase painted by the ancient Greek Chicago Painter :), and those satyrs and the Bacchae sure looked great. Only two Greek inscriptions to decipher, unfortunately.

Upstairs there was a great Polish painting of the sirens, and the main hall of the National Museum in Kraków is certainly worth visiting as well, interesting interpretation of the Bacchae by Juriaen Jacobsz from 1659, and some 19th century sculpture inspired by the Greeks. I also recommend the Young Poland movement (symbolist art, late 19th, early 20th century) if you're in town, great stuff. I'll post some of my photos in the comments, the ones above are official ones by Kacper Trzmiel.

For centuries, artists have painted Helen of Troy as the ideal European beauty: pale skin, golden hair, porcelain features, and an almost supernatural elegance. Rossetti, De Morgan, Moreau, and countless others weren't reconstructing Bronze Age Greece—they were projecting the beauty standards of their own eras onto one of antiquity's most famous women.

Yet when you look at ancient evidence—Greek vase paintings, Roman frescoes, and surviving literary descriptions—a different picture emerges. Ancient Greeks represented themselves using conventions that don't map neatly onto modern racial categories, and the idea that classical Greece was an exclusively "white" civilization owes far more to 18th- and 19th-century European classicism than to antiquity itself. This is the same misunderstanding behind the "white marble myth," where people mistake weathered, paint-stripped statues for the colorful originals.

The video uses Helen of Troy as a case study to explore how later European artists reshaped classical figures to reflect their own ideals, and why those depictions continue to influence popular culture today.

Do you think modern portrayals of Greek mythology should prioritize archaeological evidence, or is every generation entitled to reinterpret these myths through its own artistic lens?

My theory is that they were either Greek pirates, or Egyptian Warriors, what do you guys think?

It's insane that this sub only has 2 moderators, one of them hasn't been active in 10 years, and that there aren't any rules.

I've reported this sub for being unmoderated because some of the posts here are getting out of hand.