Home Page for Ancient History 26: Greece. Introduction The Graduate Group in Ancient History is a program that coordinates a curriculum encompassing the whole of the ancient history of the Near East and the Mediterranean Basin. It has as its aim the preparation of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty from the following departments contribute to the curriculum: Anthropology, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, Classical Studies, History of Art, Religious Studies, History, and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Students in the Graduate Group pursue the PhD degree. They are required to specialize in two major fields of concentration, most commonly drawn from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Syro-Palestinian, or Greek and Roman civilizations.
Facilities Penn offers superb resources for the study of ancient history. The Department of Classical Studies is the administrative home of the Graduate Group in Ancient History. Admission, Financial Support, and Advanced Standing Requirements for the Ph.D. 1. 2. 3. History - Greeks. Ancient Greece - Information on Ancient Greece. The history, arts, social life, languages, wars, and myths of Greece and Rome, from the Mycenaean, Bronze, and Dark Ages, and from the archaic period through the fall of the Roman Empire. Greek and Roman GodsLearn the names of the god with corresponding powers in the Greek and Roman pantheons. Facts About Ancient GreeceWhat we call Greece is known to its inhabitants as Hellas.
The name "Greece" comes from the name the Romans applied to Hellas -- Graecia. While the people of ancient Hellas thought of themselves as Hellenes, the ancient Romans called them by the Latin word "Graeci" from which we get the word "Greek. " Facts About ItalyBasic information about the Italic peninsula on which the city of Rome was located and from which the Roman Empire radiated. Who Were the Ancient Historians? Defining Ancient/Classical HistoryThis article attempts to define the period of ancient/classical history by contrasting it with what came before (pre-history) and what came after (Middle Ages). Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Brittanica: History of Ancient. Ancient Greece to 146 B.C. I. Introductory.- It is necessary to indicate at the outset the scope and object of the present article. The reader must not expect to find in it a compendious summary of the chief events in the history of ancient Greece.
It is not intended to supply an "Outlines of Greek History. " It may be questioned whether such a sketch of the history, within the limits of space which are necessarily imposed in a work of reference, would be of utility to any class of readers. At any rate, the plan of the present work, in which the subject of Greek history is treated of in a large number of separate articles, allows of the narrative of events being given in a more satisfactory form under the more general of the headings ( e.g. ATHENS, SPARTA, PELOPONNESIAN WAR) The character of the history itself suggests a further reason why a general article upon Greek history should not be confined to, or even attempt, a narrative of events. 2.
Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from My. Greece. See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Contents General Back to Index Greece: Major Historians: Complete Texts Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE) The Histories 440BCE [At MIT][Full Text] The Histories 440BCE [At Parstimes][Full Text][Chapter length files] The Histories 440BCE [At this Site, formerly ERIS][Full Text][Ascii Text in one file] 2ND 11th Brittanica: Herodotus [At this Site] Thucydides (c.460/455-c.399 BCE) History of the Peloponnesian War , 431 BCE [At MIT][Full Text][Chapter length files] History of the Peloponnesian War [These are MSWord files, in Greek with embedded fonts][At this Site] 2ND Study Guide [At Brooklyn College] 2ND 11th Brittanica: Thucydides [At this Site] Xenophon (c.428-c.354 BCE) Anabasis , or March Up Country or Persia Expedition , full text [At this Site] Aristotle (384-323 BCE) Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE) Pausanias (fl.c.160 CE) Crete Mycenae Archaic Greece 2ND John Porter: The Archaic Age and the Rise of the Polis [At Saskatchewan][Modern Account] The Iliad trans.