Historical educational posts on Ancient Greek history. I'll be covering Greek history stretching from the Greek Bronze Age and the days of Achilles and Troy, to the Hellenistic Age of Alexander and Cleopatra, covering topics ranging from daily city life to all-out warfare. I'll also be looking a lot into Iranian/Persian history, and their infamous conflicts with the Greeks throughout history. All feedback, positive and/or negative, is very welcome. Hope ya learn plenty-a-stuff! :)
21 Jul 2024 16 minute read 1 comment YouveBeenGreeked
With the death of the veteran and historian Thucydides around 400 BC, the narrative of the Peloponnesian War now, in 410 BC, flips primarily over to Xenophon, a renowned commander of his own time. With Athens striking back hard against Sparta at sea,...
18 Jul 2024 17 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Sparta and Persia, once the most bitter of rivals at battles like Thermopylae and Plataea, had now forged an alliance against Athens. Coupled with Alcibiades's defection, a recent defeat at Syme and revolts across the Delian League, many Athenians be...
14 Jul 2024 24 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
In the late summer of 413, the once seemingly invincible state of Athens, at the head of its Delian League, now saw its complete destruction on the horizon. Constant raids against their homeland, the deadliest plague in memory at the time, great defe...
9 Mar 2024 32 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Under the beating sun of a hot summer's day in 413 BC, within Athens' port city of Piraeus, a small boat lands ashore carrying but one passenger. In need of a haircut, the stranger locates the local barber, who begins to make small talk with the man....
8 Mar 2024 1 minute read 3 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Just thought I'd try give a heads up this time.And it's a big one. Oop.I'm incapable of making smaller posts. Cope.That's all.See ya tomoz. PREVIOUS POST: ALCIBIADES, 416 - 415 BC: Preparing for Sicily K here's some related memes I found: M...
15 Feb 2024 21 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Amidst the turmoil of the Peloponnesian War, both warring sides - Athens’ Delian League and Sparta’s Peloponnesian League - would eventually come to an agreement of sorts in the form of the Peace of Nicias. Due to character, however, the two sides wo...
21 Jan 2024 21 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
With Spartan victories at the battles of Delium and Amphipolis causing major setbacks for the Delian League, Athens finally agreed to a peace in 421 BC. The goal was for both sides to recover from the ten years of brutal conflict they had encountered...
13 Jan 2024 23 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The end of the Archidamian War was in sight; the Peloponnesians were making good moves deeper into enemy territory following their victory in Boeotia, and the tides were turning ever more against Athens. Sparta now began to make good on their intenti...
1 Jan 2024 18 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Despite the hard hits against Athens since the start of the Peloponnesian War, neither conflict nor plague could wither the Empire enough to be brought down. Atop of this, key victories at Lesbos and Pylos showed that the lion still had immense power...
7 Nov 2023 19 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked
With the fall of Plataea and the putdown of the revolt on Lesbos, Sparta and Athens respectively were showcasing the lengths they were willing to go to win this war. Now, the new rising stars in Athens, Nicias and Demosthenes, would have to showcase...
