Ancient Greeks
Philosophers of antiquity
The Ancient Greeks were the people of Greek civilization from roughly the 8th century BCE through the Roman conquest, foundational to Western philosophy, democracy, drama, and science.
References to what the Ancient Greeks believed or how the Ancient Greeks lived typically invoke this classical period of Athens, Sparta, and the city-states rather than earlier Mycenaean culture or later Byzantine Greeks.
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- Trojan WarLegendary Greek-versus-Troy conflict
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- wineFermented grape beverage
- olive oilFruit-pressed culinary fat
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Italy's ancient imperial people
Carthaginians · Phoenicians · Babylonians · Assyrians · Etruscans
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