Hellenic World -- Ancient History Encyclopedia

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20 Jul 356 BC - 11 Jun 323 BC

Life of Alexander the Great.
336 BC - 323 BC

Reign of Alexander the Great.
312 BC

Seleucos conquers Babylon and founds the Seleucid dynasty.
304 BC - 64 BC

Rule of the Seleucids in Mesopotamia.
304 BC - 30 BC

Rule of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt.
270 BC

Aristarchos of Samos proposes a heliocentric world view.

Hellenic World Books

Classical Mythology

Mark P. O. Morford

Oxford University Press, USA (20 July 2006)

Price: $59.96

Introduction to Attic Greek

Donald J. Mastronarde

University of California Press (19 March 1993)

Price: $32.44

A Study of History, Vol. 1: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI

Arnold J. Toynbee

Oxford University Press, USA (10 December 1987)

Price: $22.45

A Study of History, Vol. 2: Abridgement of Volumes VII-X

Arnold J. Toynbee

Oxford University Press, USA (10 December 1987)

Price: $22.49

The Mysteries of Abu Simbel: Ramesses II and the Temples of the Rising...

Zahi Hawass

American University in Cairo Press (01 April 2001)

Price: $13.63

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Definition

The world of ancient Greece and her colonies comprising the Greek mainland, Crete, the islands of the Greek archipelago, and the coast of Asia Minor primarily (though some mention is made of countries or cities of the interior of Asia Minor). Defined chiefly by Homer in his works Illiad and Odyssey (8th century BCE) the Hellenic World was peopled by powerful gods and goddesses, heroes, nymphs and satyrs. Later historians such as Herodotus make mention of people in his day refering to the Hellenic World (though not with that phrase) as the grandeur of Greece’s past (which is ironic in that Hesiod, an 8th century contemporary of Homer, called his own age “wicked, depraved and dissolute” in his writings and hoped the future produced better things for Greece).

Major cities and kingdoms of the Hellenic World were Argos, Athens, Corinth, Knossos on Crete, Delphi, Ithaca, Olympia, Sparta, Thebes, Thrace, Troy and, of course, Mount Olympus, the home of the gods.

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Hipparchia the Cynic: Devoted Wife, Mother, and Outspoken Greek Philosopher

Hipparchia was the wife of Crates, a very popular Athenian philosopher. She was also notable for her brazen abandonment of her aristocratic upbringing for life as a Cynic. Though not much is known about Hipparchia, her importance in the history of ancient Greek women is undeniable. She was an educated philosopher, she was outspoken, and she was unconventional.
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