This is a video of Claudius Ptolemy's theories on the motion of the universe. Although Ptolemy had a geocentric view of the universe, he was able to accurately predict where any planet would be at any time and day.
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are a major part of ancient history, especially that of Ancient Greece. This site, by means of a purely educational and learning mission, has put together a collaboration of materials and works by our team that we feel will help you to understand and get more out of Homer and his/her/their works.
Did you ever wonder why male figures in ancient Greek art are almost always nude? You probably didn't. It's something that we all take for granted, but it really is a curious thing. This is a famous sculpture because it is one of the oldest free-standing sculptures of a human from Ancient Greece.
Born in 384 B.C.E. in the Macedonian region of northeastern Greece in the small city of Stagira (whence the moniker 'the Stagirite'), Aristotle was sent to Athens at about the age of seventeen to study in Plato's Academy, then a pre-eminent place of learning in the Greek world.
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