Archaic Age and the Rise of the Polis
Rise of the Polis in images
Herodotus website by John Kitson (UK)
Solon of Athens
Overview of the Pre-Socratics; see also the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and (for a very full account), the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
An outline of the Pre-Socratics (and the Big Question, What is the arche or "first principle"?).
Diagram of the Influence of Socrates in ancient philosophy
Graph of the Pre-Socratics
This account of ancient Greek psychology contains a map detailing where the Pre-Socratics were from.
An illustration of Zeno's paradox
About Xerxes, Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire, ruled from 486 to 465
History of Media and Persia
Maps from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
3 ages of Greek Art: Archaic (kore & kouros); Classical (doryphoros and quotation by Pliny; marathon boy); Hellenistic (Laocoön).
Some study questions on Herodotus
Questions about Antigone
Questions about Oedipus the King
Questions about Oedipus at Colonus