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Settling the score
Settling the score
The duel between Paris and Menelaus

Josho Brouwers

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9 min read
An Age of Heroes?
An Age of Heroes?
The setting of the ancient Greek myths

Josho Brouwers

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7 min read
The day an island was shattered
The day an island was shattered
The eruption of Thera

Josho Brouwers

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7 min read
Attacking from a distance
Attacking from a distance
Archers in ancient Greece

Josho Brouwers

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9 min read
Wandering the wine-dark sea
Wandering the wine-dark sea
Greek migration and dialects

Josho Brouwers

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9 min read
How does one interpret figurative art?
How does one interpret figurative art?
A look behind the curtain

Josho Brouwers, Joshua R. Hall, and Matthew Lloyd

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8 min read
Why abandon the phalanx?
Why abandon the phalanx?
Problems from Rome

Joshua R. Hall and Roel Konijnendijk

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16 min read
The Spartans at war
The Spartans at war
Myth vs reality

Roel Konijnendijk

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20 min read