Theseus kills the Minotaur – Greek myth
Theseus and the Minotaur - Athenian black-figure vase, ca. 550 BC Who was Theseus? According to the Greek story, Prince Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens, not too [...]
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Who is Athena? Ancient Greek gods
Birth of Athena Who are Athena's parents? Athena is one of the younger Greek goddesses; she is Zeus's daughter. Her mother was Metis (Wisdom). More about Zeus More Greek gods [...]
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Who was Aristotle? – Greek philosophy
Who was Aristotle? An ancient Egyptian papyrus with a scrap of Aristotle's "Politics" Aristotle's family Aristotle's father was Nicomachus, a doctor who lived near Macedon, in the north of Greece. [...]
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Who was Thucydides? Ancient Greek historian
Thucydides, carved in the 200s BC, so long after he died. Now in the Louvre, in Paris Thucydides (thoo-SID-id-ees) was an Athenian from a rich family. He was related to [...]
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Who was Sophocles? Greek playwright
Papyrus with part of Sophocles' play Antigone written on it When did Sophocles live? Aeschylus is the first playwright whose plays survive, but Sophocles (ca. 496-406 BC) is the second. [...]
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Oedipus at Colonus – Sophocles
A later painting of Antigone and Oedipus, by Camille Felix Bellanger, in the 1800s. Oedipus at Colonus is a play written by Sophocles. It tells the story of what happened [...]
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Oedipus Rex – Sophocles – Summary and Themes
Oedipus Rex: The shepherd tells his story to Oedipus, while Jocasta listens in horror (now in the Getty Museum) Sophocles wrote this very famous play in the 400s BC. It [...]
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Who was Menander? An ancient Greek playwright from Athens
Who was Menander? Here he is on a fresco painting from Pompeii, in Italy, painted after he died. Who was Menander? Menander is the only playwright - a person who [...]
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Melos and Athens – Thucydides
The Pnyx, where the Athenian Assembly met When did Athens attack Melos? In 416 BC, Athens and Sparta were right in the middle of the Peloponnesian War. As part of that war, [...]
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Euripides’ plays – ancient Greece
Euripides' plays: Phaedra and her slave (a fresco from Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) When did Euripides live? Euripides was the youngest of the three great tragic playwrights of classical Athens. [...]
