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The word is derived from the greek "synoikismοs" (pronounced: syn-e-cesmos,all "e" like in the word "Alcinoe",and "y" like in the word "syntax") which means a settlement of houses.It's a little bigger than a village in some occasions.It is used to de...

There was a lot of money left when Alexander died.Dont forget that the whole empire paid taxes to the macedonians.One percentage of these taxes went to Alexander and his campaign and of course this percentage continued to exist after his death.So the treasury was renewed all the time.Of course the a...

In some parts of greece the dorian race may have been dominant among the population,and thats why these behaviours were more spread. And wait.If we accept that Plato speaks the truth,and indeed the Dorian race brought homosexuality with them,at least as a more common practise than it was before,then...

When we examine things like these we must take into concideration everything.On the one hand we have the symposium but on the other hand we have the laws of Athens.You spoke of Alciviadis.Well,Alciviadis was well known to the public for his sexual behaviours.His enemies would have "crusified&qu...

About Plato's symposium:Of course i am not suggesting that because some of these philosophers were homosexuals their ideas were junk.Quite the opposite.These ideas were the base for future civilizations. Now you have a point there.Why would Plato write about this symposium if these attendies were in...

.No,i didnt say that homosexual behaviour is against human nature.What i said was that it is not possible for all men to be attracted to their own gender.Among 100 men maybe 5 of them can be homosexuals.(i am just guessing,this number may not be correct,it may be + or -).But what many people suggest...

Homosexual activity was introduced to greece by the Dorian race as mentioned by Plato. You read too much "Renault".The state of Athens had laws prohibiting any sexual contacts between adults and children or teenagers.For example,the parents were responsible among other things to not let th...

I think that when Homer mentioned tricks he meant something like:throw sand in the eyes of the opponent or things like these.It is not the same with the weak spot of Hektor.The spartans and the other greeks would usually strike with their spears from above,into the enemy's face.Is that a trick?

Well that is a nice subject for discussion.Firstly lets define what a hero was back then. A hero would be a man that fought very bravely in the battle putting the cause over his life.This cause would be:To defend his home/country,to defend his companions in battle,to fight for an ideal(that is subje...

The greeks had a very popular habit.After a person had died they used to make up events about his life that hadn't actually hapened.That,in order to present some oppinions about how they saw some matters concerning those people.For example there was this story about Thalis that fell into a well as h...

Well...i saw it and i must admit that seeing it as a whole (i mean the extended version)is better than the original.But the main reasons for which i didnt like the original apply here also.Alexander's story and persona is not to be taken so light and being misleaded by the holywood based world.But a...

Very nice point there azara.Philip was maybe the first to understand what a good cavalry could do,But Alexander made it happen.The "aixmi" (pronnounced: ehmi=the sharp edge of a spear or sword) was a cavalry formation that looked like the edge of a spear and Alexander was the man leadng it...

King Darius III had a trained army when he faced Alexander in Issus.The army was trained by his predecessor for this purpose since the time they suspected that Philip wanted to invade Persia. When this army was destroyed in Issus then Darius had very little time to prepare another one.So even if Xer...

Because many people say that Alexander had "easy pray",meaning that it was a matter of circumstances in persia and Darius III incompetence that he was able to conquer persia,lets see what would have happened if Xerxes was on Darius III place or another more competent leader/King. Lets pres...

Here are some links of a site that you should all see.It's the Anthropological Association of Greece,and the site is also in English.It has to do with mr .Poulianos' work and it is very interesting because it not only proves wrong the indo-european theory,but also the theory that man came from afric...