The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece:
Ancient Greece – period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization and shaped cultures throughout Southwest Asia and North Africa. Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe. The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential on language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts, inspiring the Islamic Golden Age and the Western European Renaissance, and again resurgent during various neo-Classical revivals in 18th- and 19th-century Europe and the Americas.
Ancient Greece can be described as all of the following:
Ancient civilizationAncient civilization from classical antiquityBronze Age civilizationIron Age civilizationPart of the Greco-Roman worldTowns of ancient GreeceRegions of ancient Greece
Government and politics of ancient Greece
Democracy of AthensAncient Greek law
Ancient Greek lawmakersDraco – first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Draco's written law became known for its harshness, with the adjective "draconian" referring to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.Draconian constitution – first written constitution of Athens. So that no one would be unaware of them, they were posted on wooden tablets (ἄξονες - axones), where they were preserved for almost two centuries, on steles of the shape of three-sided pyramids (κύρβεις - kyrbeis).Military history of ancient Greece
Warfare in ancient GreeceHopliteHoplite phalanxMilitary tactics in Ancient GreeceHomosexuality in the militaries of ancient GreeceAncient Greek military personal equipmentMilitary powers and alliances
Ionian League (started mid-7th century BC)1st Achaean League (formed in 5th century BC)Delian League (478-404 BCE)Spartan hegemony (431-371 BCE)Theban hegemony (371-362 BCE)League of Corinth (338-322 BCE)Peloponnesian League (6th to 4th century BC)Arcadian League (370 to 3rd century BCE)2nd Achaean League (280-146 BCE)Aetolian League (4th to 3rd century BCE?)Trojan WarLelantine WarMessenian WarsFirst Messenian WarSecond Messenian WarThird Messenian WarFirst Sacred WarGreco-Persian Wars – series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.Battle of Ephesus (498 BC)Battle of LadeBattle of MarathonBattle of ThermopylaeBattle of SalamisBattle of PlataeaBattle of MycaleBattle of the EurymedonFirst Peloponnesian WarBattle of OenophytaBattle of Coronea (447 BC)Battle of Tanagra (457 BC)Sicilian WarsBattle of Himera (480 BC)Battle of Himera (409 BC)Peloponnesian WarBattle of ArginusaeBattle of DeliumBattle of ChalcisBattle of SybotaBattle of PotidaeaBattle of Naupactus (429 BC)Battle of NotiumBattle of SymeBattle of CynossemaBattle of PylosBattle of SphacteriaBattle of AmphipolisBattle of Mantinea (418 BC)Battle of OlpaeSicilian ExpeditionBattle of SymeBattle of CyzicusBattle of AegospotamiCorinthian WarBattle of Coronea (394 BC)Battle of NaxosCorinthian WarBattle of LeuctraBattle of CynoscephalaeBattle of Mantinea (362 BC)March of the 10,000Battle of CunaxaBattle of Crocus FieldForeign WarWars of Alexander the GreatBattle of ChaeroneaBattle of the GranicusBattle of IssusSiege of Tyre (332 BC)Battle of GaugamelaBattle of the Hydaspes RiverLamian WarBattle of CrannonWars of the DiadochiBattle of CorupediumBattle of CrannonBattle of GabieneBattle of Gaza (312 BC)Battle of IpsusBattle of ParaitaceneBattle of RaphiaBattle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)Chremonidean WarBattle of SellasiaBattle of PydnaBattle of CynoscephalaeBattle of AsculumCretan WarFirst Macedonian WarSecond Macedonian WarThird Macedonian WarFourth Macedonian WarBattle of PydnaTimeline of ancient GreecePrehistoric Greek historyAegean Bronze AgeMycenaean GreeceLate Bronze Age collapseDorian invasionGreek Dark AgesHistory of ancient Greece (timeline)Archaic GreeceRise of the polisGreco-Persian WarsSiege of Naxos (499 BC)Ionian RevoltBattle of Ephesus (498 BC)First Persian invasion of GreeceSecond Persian invasion of GreeceClassical GreeceHellenistic GreeceRoman GreeceAncient AthensAthenian democracy – democracy in the Greek city-state of Athens developed around the fifth century BC, making Athens one of the first known democracies in the world, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica. It was a system of direct democracy, in which eligible citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills.Solon (c. 638 – c. 558 BC)– Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. Legislated against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy.Cleisthenes (born around 570 BC). – father of Athenian democracy. He reformed the constitution of ancient Athens and set it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC.Ephialtes (died 461 BC) – led the democratic revolution against the Athenian aristocracy, which exerted control through the Areopagus, the most powerful body in the state. Ephialtes proposed a reduction of the Areopagus' powers, and the Ecclesia (the Athenian Assembly) adopted Ephialtes' proposal without opposition. This reform signaled the beginning of a new era of "radical democracy" for which Athens would become famous.Pericles – arguably the most prominent and influential Greek statesman. When Ephialtes was assassinated for overthrowing the elitist Council of the Aeropagus, his deputy Pericles stepped in. He was elected strategos (one of ten such posts) in 445 BCE, which he held continuously until his death in 429 BCE, always by election of the Athenian Assembly. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is known as the "Age of Pericles".Ostracism – procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years.Areopagus – council of elders of Athens, similar to the Roman Senate. Like the Senate, its membership was restricted to those who had held high public office, in this case that of Archon. In 594 BC, the Areopagus agreed to hand over its functions to Solon for reform.Ecclesia – principal assembly of the democracy of ancient Athens during its "Golden Age" (480–404 BCE). It was the popular assembly, open to all male citizens with 2 years of military service. In 594 BC, Solon allowed all Athenian citizens to participate, regardless of class, even the thetes (manual laborers).History of SpartaSee the rest of this outlineHistory of the Peloponnesian WarCulture of ancient Greece
Architecture of ancient GreeceAncient Greek roofsBuildingsParthenonAncient Greek templesTemple of ArtemisAcropolis of AthensAncient Agora of AthensTemple of ZeusTemple of HephaestusSamothrace temple complexCalendar of ancient GreeceClothing in ancient GreeceCoinage of ancient GreeceCuisine of ancient GreeceWine in ancient GreeceEconomy of ancient GreeceEducation in ancient GreecePaideiaPeople in ancient GreeceAncient GreeksSeven Sages of GreeceCleobulus of LindosSolon of AthensChilon of SpartaBias of PrieneThales of MiletusPittacus of Mytilene (c. 640 – 568 BC)Periander of Corinth (fl. 627 BC)Ancient Greek tribesSexuality in ancient GreeceHomosexuality in ancient GreecePederasty in ancient GreeceProstitution in ancient GreeceSlavery in ancient GreeceArt in ancient Greece
Music in ancient GreeceMusical system of ancient GreeceSculpture in ancient GreeceTheatre of ancient GreeceLiterature in ancient Greece
WritersAeschylusAesopAristophanesEuripidesHerodotusHesiodHomerLucianMenanderPindarPlutarchPolybiusSapphoSophoclesTheognis of MegaraThucydidesXenophonPhilosophy in ancient Greece
Eros (love)Philosophers of ancient GreeceAnaxagorasAnaximanderAnaximenesAntisthenesAristotleDemocritusDiogenes of SinopeEpicurusEmpedoclesHeraclitusLeucippusGorgiasParmenidesPlatoProtagorasPythagorasSocratesThalesZenoOlympic Games of ancient GreeceAncient Olympic pentathlonPankrationGymnasiumSports
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KourionReligion in ancient Greece
Greek mythologyGreek mythological figuresFamily tree of the Greek godsGreek mythological creaturesTrojan War charactersSee also: classical mythologyReligious practicesAmphidromiaAnimal sacrificeHolocaust (sacrifice)HecatombAncient Greek funeral and burial practicesGreek hero cultHieros gamos in ancient GreeceFestivalsDaphnephoriaDionysiaDionysian MysteriesEleusinian MysteriesPanathenaic GamesPanhellenic GamesIsthmian GamesNemean GamesAncient Olympic GamesPythian GamesThesmophoriaAncient Greek religious titles (priests)Archon basileusAsclepiad (title)HierophylakesIatromantisHellenistic religionAncient Greek
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