A Visit To Thessalia
To the south of Macedon are the green plains of horse breeding Thessaly. It was one of the first stopping places in the coming...
Early Cultures: The Picts
Human civilization, first comprised of Neolithic populations originating in Spain and France, has existed in the area defined as present-day Scotland since approximately 8,500...
Early Cultures: The Beaker Folk
The Beaker Folk, predecessors of both the Celts and Picts in Early Britain, were a patriarchal and warlike society believed to have migrated from...
Mythology: The Selkies
Throughout the centuries, grey and harbour seals have returned year after year to breeding grounds on the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Orkneys, and...
Ancient Greece, part 8 – Art and Architecture
The Origins of Greek Art
In the nineteenth century, it was generally believed that Greek art had developed by itself with little or no outside...
Ancient Greece, part 7 – Greek Drama
The Origins of Greek Drama
If there is one thing that we know to definitely have been invented for the first time in the city...
Ancient Greece, part 6 – Greek Religion and Philosophy
Understanding Greek Religion
In order to understand Greek religion, it is necessary for us to make a leap of the imagination.
One of the barriers to...
Ancient Greece, part 5 – Athenian Society
Citizens and Hoplites
Although citizenship brought with it many privileges, it was not without its obligations.
Throughout the fifth century, the Athenians maintained what was essentially...
Ancient Greece, part 4 – Athenian Democracy
The Origins of Athenian Democracy
Before the introduction of democracy in 508 BC, Athens was ruled by a tyrant.
(In Ancient Greece, the word ‘tyrannos’ did...
Ancient Greece, part 3 – Pericles and the Athenian Empire
The Delian League
With the final defeat of the Persians, mainland Greece was safe from invasion.
But now a most extraordinary thing happened.
In the winter of...