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[[Image:Laocoön Group, Clamores horrendos detail, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illustration: ''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]'' ("[[Clamores horrendos]]" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.]] [[Image:Laocoön Group, Clamores horrendos detail, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illustration: ''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]'' ("[[Clamores horrendos]]" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.]]
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The term '''ancient Greece''' refers to the period of [[History of Greece|Greek history]] lasting from the [[Greek Dark Ages]] ca. 1100 BC and the [[Dorian invasion]], to 146 BC and the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] conquest of [[Greece]] after the [[Battle of Corinth (146 BC)|battle of Corinth]]. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of [[Western culture|Western civilization]]. [[Culture of Greece|Greek culture]] had a powerful influence on the [[Roman Empire]], which carried a version of it to many parts of Europe. The civilization of the ancient [[Greeks]] has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, and arts, giving rise to the [[Renaissance]] in Western Europe and again resurgent during various [[Neoclassicism|neo-Classical]] revivals in 18th and 19th century Europe and the [[Americas]]. The term '''ancient Greece''' refers to the period of [[History of Greece|Greek history]] lasting from the [[Greek Dark Ages]] ca. 1100 BC and the [[Dorian invasion]], to 146 BC and the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] conquest of [[Greece]] after the [[Battle of Corinth (146 BC)|battle of Corinth]]. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of [[Western culture|Western civilization]]. [[Culture of Greece|Greek culture]] had a powerful influence on the [[Roman Empire]], which carried a version of it to many parts of Europe. The civilization of the ancient [[Greeks]] has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, and arts, giving rise to the [[Renaissance]] in Western Europe and again resurgent during various [[Neoclassicism|neo-Classical]] revivals in 18th and 19th century Europe and the [[Americas]].
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*[[Music of ancient Greece]] *[[Music of ancient Greece]]
*[[Art in ancient Greece]] *[[Art in ancient Greece]]
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The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece after the battle of Corinth. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization. Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of Europe. The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, and arts, giving rise to the Renaissance in Western Europe and again resurgent during various neo-Classical revivals in 18th and 19th century Europe and the Americas.

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