Category: Ancient Greece
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Herodotes and the Persians
Greek historian Herodotus (484-425/413 BC), often criticized for inaccuracy in his Histories, he is frequently-anthologized. On the Customs of Persians is regarded as accurate. The passage is all more interesting in that he contrasts the behavior and values of Persians with those of Greeks with Persians shown in a much more flattering light.
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Knossos
Crete prominently and strategically located in East Mediterranean Basin, formed bridge between peoples and cultures of three continents, Europe, Africa and Asia, and was cradle of a splendid prehistoric civilisation in land of Greece, ‘Minoan Civilisation’.
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Minoan bathing
Minoan bathtub with decorations, about 1400BC
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Temple of Hephaestus
The Temple of Hephaestus, built in 450 BC, is the most intact temple in ancient Greece- it still has most of its original roof!
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The bleeding horse
Roman Stone Mosaic of a Wounded Equine, 3rd-4th Cen. AD