Look at the buildings of an ancient Greek city and you cannot help but notice the references to Greek mythology… Continue reading Myth and the Polis IX: Foundation Myths
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Myth and Politics V: behind the scenes?
In the previous parts of this series, we have already seen kinship policy in action. From these examples, a few… Continue reading Myth and Politics V: behind the scenes?
Myth and Polis IV: Just a Hellenistic thing?
This is already the fourth part of our series on myth and polis. Previously I have outlined how the Greeks… Continue reading Myth and Polis IV: Just a Hellenistic thing?
Greek Kings and Indian Emperors: Diplomacy between the Hellenistic Kingdoms and Mauryan India
To writers like Herodotus and Ctesias, India was on the periphery of the Greek understanding of the inhabited world, drifting… Continue reading Greek Kings and Indian Emperors: Diplomacy between the Hellenistic Kingdoms and Mauryan India