Greater Greece

Greek colonies around the Mediterranean and the Greek/Macedonian-ruled conquests of Alexander the Great; areas outside of Greece dominated or heavily influenced by Greek culture.

Sub-headings:

Bactria

An area in Central Asia that was strongly Hellenized for over a century.

Egypt

Seleucid Empire

The Hellenistic Empire of the Near East

Resources in this category:

Alexander the Great on the Web
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/Alexanderama.html

Guide and annotated web directory to information on the Macedonian conqueror, with over 1,000 entries. Also has thumbnails and links to over 200 images of Alexander from ancient to modern times.

Archimedes Home Page
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

A collection of Archimedean miscellanea under continual development; includes descriptions of some of his inventions, biographical information, and at least one logic problem.

Eratosthenes of Cyrene
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Erat...

Overview of the life and works of the mathematician.