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Seven Sages of Ancient Greece

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The seven sages of Ancient Greece were seven wise men who lived in the Archaic Period (6-7th century BC). They were thinkers, rulers and statesmen. Their wisdom was revered in the ancient world, offered practical advice, and also influenced the development of the Golden Age of the Classical

Written on November 24, 2021 at 3:37 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: People

Tags: Archaic Period, Seven Sages, Seven Wise Men, Solon, Thales of Miletus

Solon: Great Lawmaker and First Democrat

Written by Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Solon (640-560 BC) was one of the most important men in the Classical world. He was in part responsible for setting Athens on its road to greatness. He helped to stabilize the city-state and laid the foundations for the future Athenian Empire. Most importantly of all, he

Written on July 31, 2020 at 6:25 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Ancient Athens, ancient law, Athenian Democracy, Draco, Draco Law, Draco's code of Law, Draconian Constitution, greek democracy, Plutarch, Solon

Timeline of Ancient Greek history

3000 BCE First Settlers: Hunter-gathers begin to settle in what is Greece. A bronze age culture and civilization begins on the island of Crete. 1600 BCE Mycenaean Greece: Bronze age kingdoms in mainland Greece. Powerful kings who ruled centralized states and who built great palaces such as Mycenae. 1194 BCE Trojan War: This was a

Written on October 15, 2019 at 2:37 pm, by Whelan

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Tags: Alexander invades India, Alexander the Great, Ancient Greek history, Ancient Greek warfare, Aristotle, Cleopatra, Corinth, death of socrates, Draco's code of Law, Homer, iliad, Magna Graecia, Messenian War, Mycenaean, Odyssey, Olympic games, Peloponnesian war, persian war, Phillip II, Phoenician Alphabet, Plato, Solon, syracuse, Timeline of Ancient Greece, Xerxes

The Times of Tyranny

By Ben Potter The lead-up to the Second World War was often referred to (in its own time) as the Age of the Great Dictators. The idea being that, even though the fledgling American experiment was going rather well, not all democracies were pulling their weight in the war of ideologies. Emerging dictatorial talents in

Written on March 27, 2015 at 11:48 pm, by plato

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Categories: Politics

Tags: Aristogeiton, Aristotle, Ben Potter, cleistenes, dictator, Dionysia, Harmodius, Herodotus, Hipparchus, Julius Caesar, Peisistratus, Plato, Polycrates, Solon, Tyrannicides, tyranny