Ancient Greece, Articles, Pericles

Though encircled, Athens’ boss PERICLES & the DELIAN LEAGUE blockaded Sparta & forced a 5-year truce (431-421 BCE)

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Though encircled, Athens’ boss PERICLES & the DELIAN LEAGUE blockaded Sparta & forced a 5-year truce (431-421 BCE) By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, U.C.L.A.) Check out https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece for the full story, including illustrations, videos, and references. See the two videos in the posts below for more information. The PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE, a maritime union that …

Articles, Troy

MENELAUS – The Betrayed Spartan King who led the MAINLAND GREEK MYCENAEAN ALLIANCE against TROY’S ASIA MINOR ALLIANCE

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MENELAUS – The Betrayed Spartan King who led the MAINLAND GREEK MYCENAEAN ALLIANCE against TROY’S ASIA MINOR ALLIANCE. MENELAUS – The Betrayed Spartan King who led the MAINLAND GREEK MYCENAEAN ALLIANCE against TROY’S ASIA MINOR ALLIANCE* By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) For more on this saga, see https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece Backstory: ATREUS and THYESTES were brothers locked in a bitter …