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Anacreon
(Encyclopedia) AnacreonAnacreonənăkˈrēən, –ŏn [key], c.570–c.485 b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Teos in Ionia. He lived at Samos and at Athens, where his patron was Hipparchus. His poetry, graceful and…Gellius, Aulus
(Encyclopedia) Gellius, AulusGellius, Aulusjĕlˈyəs [key], fl. 2d cent., Roman writer. He was a lawyer who spent at least a year in Athens and wrote Noctes Atticae [Attic nights], a collection of…Greek architecture
(Encyclopedia) Greek architecture the art of building that arose on the shores of the Aegean Sea and flourished in the ancient world. In addition to temples, the Greeks also built a number of other…Hippodamus
(Encyclopedia) HippodamusHippodamushĭpŏdˈəməs [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Greek architect, b. Miletus. He was the first to plan cities according to geometric layouts. For Pericles he remodeled Piraeus…Marathon
(Encyclopedia) MarathonMarathonmârˈəthŏn [key], village and plain, ancient Greece, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Athens. Here the Athenians and Plataeans under Miltiades defeated a Persian army in 490 b.c. (…Philochorus
(Encyclopedia) PhilochorusPhilochorusfĭlŏkˈōrəs [key], fl. 3d cent. b.c., Greek historian. He wrote extensively on Greek religious customs. Philochorus is probably the best known of the many…choragic monuments
(Encyclopedia) choragic monumentschoragic monumentskərăjˈĭk, –rājˈ–, kō– [key] [Gr.,=of the choragus, the chorus leader], small decorative structures erected in ancient Greece to commemorate the…Agoracritus
(Encyclopedia) AgoracritusAgoracritusăgˌōrăkˈrĭtəs [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Athenian sculptor born on the island of Paros, said to have been the favorite pupil of Phidias. His best-known work was…Khalkís
(Encyclopedia) KhalkísKhalkískhälkēsˈ [key] or ChalcisChalciskălˈsĭs [key], city (1991 pop. 51,646), capital of Évvoia (Euboea) prefecture, E Greece, on the island of Évvoia. Connected to the…Sparta
(Encyclopedia) SpartaSpartaspärˈtə [key], city of ancient Greece, capital of Laconia, on the Eurotas (Evrótas) River in the Peloponnesus. By the 6th cent. b.c., Sparta was the strongest Greek city…Trending
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