Anaxarchus, a Greek philosopher at Alexander the Great’s court, upheld wisdom and detachment, reflecting on the fleeting ...

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.

Calliope Limneos-Papakosta believes the tomb may be hidden beneath modern Alexandria's streets, at the intersection of ...

This was united by a common Greek language and culture, while the king himself adopted foreign customs in order to rule his millions of ethnically diverse subjects. Alexander was acknowledged as a ...

Greek names are a popular choice because they sound great and carry profound meanings. These names have stood the test of ...

Hellenization, or Hellenism, refers to the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E. One must think of the development of the ...

Born in 356 BCE in Pella, Alexander the Great became one of history's most ... Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge. Cartledge added that Alexander "redrew the ...

The recent discoveries on Failaka Island, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, confirm the presence of the Macedonians there, ...

Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child of the Greek golden age. His father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle, and asked him to ...

Conquering ninety percent of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell ... paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of ...