Athens and Sparta were both powerful Greek city-states but their values, systems, and ambitions clashed violently. This video ...

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Women from the city state of Sparta had more freedoms than Athenian women ... originally named Diana of Themyscira. In ancient Greek mythology, you could also find powerful women shown as monsters who ...

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Cimon was a statesman and general who died conquering the Persians in Cyprus, but his men abandoned the siege to give him a ...

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