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So Paul went to the synagogue and the Agora (Greek: ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, "in the marketplace") on a number of occasions ('daily'), [5] to preach about the Resurrection of Jesus. His novel expositions were met with confusion and wonder by some Epicureans and Stoics, as well as other Greeks of philosophical inclinations. They then took him ...
Philip himself feared an alliance of the powerful Chalkidian League and Athens, so he moved to reassure the Olynthians by offering them an alliance on very advantageous terms. [46] As part of the agreement with Olynthos, Philip was to capture the city of Potidea, located in the territory of the Chalkidian League. Potidea was at that time under ...
The name of Athens, connected to the name of its patron goddess Athena, originates from an earlier Pre-Greek language. [1] The origin myth explaining how Athens acquired this name through the legendary contest between Poseidon and Athena was described by Herodotus, [2] Apollodorus, [3] Ovid, Plutarch, [4] Pausanias and others.
Since 357 BC, when Philip seized Amphipolis, after agreeing in part to trade it for Pydna, Athens was formally in a state of war against the King of Macedon.In 352 BC, Demosthenes characterised Philip as the very worst enemy of his city, [4] and a year later he criticized fiercely those dismissing Philip as a person of no account and warned them that he is as dangerous as the King of Persia. [5]
The Athenian Revolution (508–507 BCE) was a revolt by the people of Athens that overthrew the ruling aristocratic oligarchy, establishing the almost century-long self-governance of Athens in the form of a participatory democracy – open to all free male citizens.
Athens, a free city with its own laws, appealed to Hadrian to devise new laws which he modelled on those given by Draco and Solon. [ 5 ] Autonomi [ 6 ] or rather Autonomoi was the name given by the Greeks to those states which were governed by their own laws, and were not subject to any foreign power. [ 7 ]
Dec. 19—Athens' varsity basketball squads completed a home sweep of St. John Paul II on Tuesday. The boys improved to 10-3 following a 63-41 victory while the girls recorded a 55-39 win. See ...
The Parthenon of Athens, built in the 5th century BC following the Greek victory in the Persian wars. Fifth-century Athens was the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 to 404 BC. Formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens, the latter part being the Age of Pericles, it was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth and cultural ...