- poem Georgics,
Poseidon instead gave the
Athenians the
first horse. In both versions,
Athena offered the
Athenians the
first domesticated olive tree. Cecrops...
-
entire Athenian army was sold into slavery.
Following the
defeat of the
Athenians in Sicily, it was
widely believed that the end of the
Athenian Empire...
-
Athenian democracy developed around the 6th
century BC in the Gr**** city-state (known as a polis) of Athens,
comprising the city of
Athens and the surrounding...
- Xanthippus, the
Athenian commander at Mycale, had
furiously rejected this; the
Ionian cities had been
Athenian colonies, and the
Athenians, if no one else...
- The
Sicilian Expedition was an
Athenian military expedition to Sicily,
which took
place from 415–413 BC
during the
Peloponnesian War
between Athens on...
- The
Athenian Agora: Site Guide, p. 73. Camp, The
Athenian Agora: Site Guide, p. 63. Camp, The
Athenian Agora: Site Guide, p. 65. Camp, The
Athenian Agora:...
- Cecropia,
after the
legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the
supposed first Athenian king.
While there is
evidence that the hill was
inhabited as far back as...
-
Solon (Gr****: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an
Athenian statesman,
constitutional lawmaker and poet. He is
remembered particularly for his
efforts to...
- the
Athenian ****embly
could be
attended by all
Athenian male citizens, if they were over the age of twenty.
Regular meetings were held in the
Athenian ****embly...
- in the
Peloponnesian War
against Sparta and the
Peloponnesian League.
Athenian democracy was
established in 508 BC
under Cleisthenes following the tyranny...
