Ancient Greece

Regionally variable archaeological era when bronze metallurgy became important across societies; its beginning and end differ greatly by region.

Period of the Greek city-states encompassing the Persian Wars, the ascendancy of Athens, the Peloponnesian War and the rise of Macedon before the death of Alexander the Great.

The Athenian trial and death sentence of Socrates became a defining episode in ancient philosophy.

Athenian philosopher whose questioning of conventional beliefs and public religious trial culminated in his execution in 399 BCE.

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.

The Athenian polis, where Socrates lived, taught, was prosecuted, and died.

The Boeotian port where the Greek fleet assembles before sailing to Troy.

The fortified city besieged by the Achaean coalition in the film; archaeologically associated with Hisarlık.

The Mycenaean royal center associated with Agamemnon and the Greek coalition.

The southern Greek kingdom and royal seat associated in the film with Menelaus and Helen.

The major Babylonian city and an important center of Cyrus II’s empire, depicted in the film as the setting for the diplomatic deception preceding the campaign.