Ancient Greek History
Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, played a crucial role in the Greek victory at Troy by devising the strategy of the Trojan Horse, which allowed Greek soldiers to infiltrate and ultimately defeat Troy. After the war, Odysseus's journey home was filled with challenges, as shown in “The Odyssey.
Ancient History
Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia in the year 356 BC. After being taught philosophy, geography, and science by Aristotle, he joined his father's army in 340 BC, at the age of 16. He distinguished himself in the military, and after the assassination of his father in
Ancient History
The Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday when the Jewish people celebrate the liberation of Jerusalem from the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC and the rededication of the second temple. It lasts for eight days, and is held anytime between late November and late December. On the first day
Ancient History
The Maccabees were a group of Jews that did not want to be ruled by foreign rulers such as Syrian or Roman, so they formed up into bands, and fought against them. The first Maccabee was a man named Mattityahu. This man lived in a village called Modiin in Central
Ancient History
Romans were a very superstitious people who invented deities for all the things in the world such as bathrooms, doors, curtains, suffering, depression, etc. Deities Deities were used to make sense of bad luck, or of bad "omens". Whenever someone did something to get the anger of the
Ancient History
776BC Was the 1st year in which the Olympics were held in Olympia in honor of Zeus, the Greek god. Some sports that were done during this event were wrestling, jumping, javelin throwing and chariot racing. If someone won, then they were to be given a crown of olive branches.
Ancient Greek History
After Alexander's death, the Athenians decided to revolt. This was not a good idea since the Macedonian general ruling over the Greek nations, Antipater, was not gone for long. When he got home, he found Athens in turmoil, so he captures the leader of the uprising, Demosthenes, and
Ancient Greek History
While Alexander's generals were fighting for land, the Greek cities were left untouched. Instead of forming one union, all the cities started fighting each other out of jealousy for each other's land. As the quarrels became more bitter, the Greeks created the Achæan and Ætolian leagues.
Ancient History
Alexander wanted to go and conquer India. The only problem with this was that the king of that land, Porus, was amassing an army to battle against the Macedonian threat. When Alexander attacked, his army almost lost the battle, but won because of a strategy called the Macedonian Phalanx. The
Ancient Greek History
One day, Alexander the Great decided to take a bath! He was overheated, and he wanted to cool off. The river which he decided to use was called Cydnus, and was so cold that when he entered the water, he got a cramp and almost drowned, but was saved by
Ancient Greek History
There once was a cynic philosopher named Diogenes who did not care for any earthly positions and lived like an animal. It was said that this man ate food raw and drank only out of a bowl. A cynic's mindset is that every luxury is worthless. One day,
Ancient Greek History
After Paris kidnapped Helen from the king of Sparta, Menelaus (Spartan King) amasses a giant army and attacks Troy, Paris' city. Achilles, the greatest Greek hero, kills a Trojan hero named Hector. After killing this Trojan, the Greek attaches his dead body to a chariot that he drives around