Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in Taranto, Italy, was another in a long line of polymaths from Ancient Greece.

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

5. Philosophy Exploring the Ancient Greek contribution to philosophy, maths, astronomy, medicine - and more. 6. Story, story, story A song referencing many of the best-known myths and stories of ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...