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! :)
23 Oct 2023 22 minute read 8 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Early ancient Greek literature follows a somewhat linear pattern through its earlier years; the earliest period comes from oral traditions of the Mycenaean and Dark Age Greek world thanks to men like Homer and Hesiod, then the poets of the early Arch...
18 Sep 2023 21 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked
As Sparta burnt the lands of Attica, plague ravaged the Athenians and with Pericles gone, the Peloponnesian War was fully underway. Three years had now passed since the declaration of war back in 432 BC, and now each side - Sparta's Peloponnesian Lea...
23 Jul 2023 10 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The events of the Greek world up to the early fifth century BC - namely the rise of Persia, the birth of Athenian democracy and the Greco-Persian Wars - are among the most well-documented and renowned in ancient history. History itself as a topic is...
14 Jul 2023 8 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The Peloponnesian War was underway. Athens was on the offensive, their navies proved successful, their walls impregnable and Pericles was at the helm. However, not even one year into the war, the scales would be tilted heavily as a new threat came on...
11 Jul 2023 21 minute read 10 comments YouveBeenGreeked
As soon as war was declared, no communications, outside of heralds and the screams of war would be had between Athens and their Delian League allies, and Sparta and their Peloponnesian League allies. There would be very little time to breathe; even i...
6 Jan 2023 10 minute read 7 comments YouveBeenGreeked
After the Affair of Epidamnus and the subsequent battle of Sybota, Corinth would yet again pounce at the opportunity to pounce on Athens and her empire. Rebellions up north would give Corinth the chance to turn allies against one another, and the res...
2 Jan 2023 11 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked
By the mid-5th century BC, Athens had overthrown its tyrannical rulers, invented democracy, beaten back two invasions by the largest empire of the day, and expanded its Delian League to glorious heights and riches. Athens had never had it so good. Ho...
16 Oct 2022 12 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The iconic Acropolis of Athens and the Parthenon as its crowning piece, and the Western ideals of democracy, philosophy and architecture - these things were allowed to reach their zenith in Athens essentially under the rule of one man, who has gone d...
6 Jul 2022 21 minute read 8 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The Persian Wars had left Athens with a new-found sense of near-unchecked power, power that would spread through force throughout the wars of its Delian League. With wars on all fronts against Persians and fellow Greeks, the other great Greek power,...
8 Jun 2022 6 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The foreign wars of the Delian League would see Athenian military power stretch its talons right across the Aegean Sea, and even deep into Persian-ruled Asia Minor. However, this wouldn’t be far enough for the new Greek empire; a revolt in Egypt, now...
