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  1. One lesson I still remember from junior high school 📚

    The ancient Greeks and Romans often showed two different sides of warfare and strategy .

    The Greeks are remembered for using intelligence and strategy to overcome stronger or better-equipped enemies, proving that brains can defeat brute force .

    While the Romans became famous for discipline, organization, and overwhelming numbers, building powerful legions that could outlast many opponents .

    One side is often seen as outsmarting the other as outnumbering and overpowering.

    But both left a lesson that still stands today:
    Strategy and structure can both change history. 🌍

    #History #AncientGreece #RomanEmpire #Education #Lessons #Thinking

  2. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae "Any army may win while it still has its legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled" Sale: $9.99 to $1.99 by Steven Pressfield 4.7/5 (9,987 Reviews) #history #warfiction #sparta #books #booksky #military #ancientgreece

    Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel o...

  3. So, the last movie hubby and I (and our shared bestie) saw in a theatre was #Dune. I think we need to see #TheOdyssey on the big screen. I mean, #Circe, Penelope, #Telemachus #Oikos ("homecoming" not the yogurt)?! This looks like it covers most of the important stuff!

    youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI

    #HomersOdyssey #WarIsHell #AncientGreece #ClassicsMajors #Movies #MoviesForClassicsMajors

  4. From Alison Fisk on Bluesky:

    "To bring a smile to your face, here’s a c. 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 😍

    From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens
    📷 ArchaiOptix"

    bsky.app/profile/alisonfisk.bs

    Image on Wiki Commons:

    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

    #archeology #AncientGreece #hedgehogs

  5. ✨Dionysus and Spes (Maybe)✨

    Dionysus is dressed in his panther-skin best and wears a garland to boot. He’s joined by a smaller figure more archaic in style which is thought to represent Spes, the personification of hope. But maybe that’s more HOPEFUL thinking since one of stops on the journey of provenance was as part of the Hope collection. Either way, this beautiful sculpture also considered to be a Roman reimagining of a Greek bronze from the fourth century BCE.

    #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Dionysus

  6. Lutróforo funerario monumental de mármol del 330-320 a.C., que se colocaba en la tumba de un soltero.🏛️Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Atenas 📷Francesco Bini #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece