Solon was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece and dominated Athenian politics for several decades, becoming the city's chief magistrate in the early years of the 6th century BC (594-3 BC).

That development came later in the 6th century BC, when the tyrant Pisistratus, who then ruled the city, established a series of new public festivals. One of these, the 'City Dionysia', a festival ...

SIMFEROPOL, August 18. /TASS/. A tomb created during the first wave of Greek colonization of Crimea, in the second half of the 6th century BC, was found by archaeologists at Myrmekion, an ancient ...

Archaeologists examine 6th century B.C. wreck found in Sicily ... del Mare of the Sicilian Region uncovered a shipwreck dating from the 6th-5th centuries BC, along with four stone anchors and two iron ...

Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sports figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

Greek Minsitry of Culture, explained: “In the second half of the 4 th or first half of the 3rd century BC, the Archaic temple from the 6th century BC was remodeled. In the process, the old roof ...

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...

but was adapted throughout Greece and beyond in the 6th century BC. When the Ure Museum acquired it, in 1947, this amphora, meaning a jug carried from both sides, was taken to be a 'Pontic' creation.

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy ... Seaford argues that an important precondition for this monetisation was the Greek practice of animal sacrifice, as ...