Kleos History

κλέος

kleos · noun · "what is heard of you": the glory that lives on in the stories people tell

Greek history, and the threads it runs through the rest of the world.

Short, sourced stories about the people, places and decisions of the Greek world, from Mycenae to Melbourne. One minute each, checked before they're posted.

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Three thousand years, one thread

Bronze Agec. 3200–1100 BC

Archaicc. 800–480 BC

Classical480–323 BC

Hellenistic323–31 BC

Roman31 BC–330 AD

Byzantine330–1453 AD

Ottoman era1453–1821

Modern Greece1821–today

The diasporaMelbourne · New York · Toronto · London · Johannesburg · and everywhere else

Era dates are the conventional ones historians use. Most are approximate, and some are still debated.

What we make

The momentOne day or one decision that changed what came after.
The Greek threadThe Greek link inside a famous world-history event.
Myth vs historyWhat the legend says, and what historians can actually show.
Forgotten GreeksPeople who mattered and almost nobody remembers.
One objectThe story behind a single artefact, building or map.
Words we still useAn everyday English word and the Greek history hiding in it.

How we work

Sourced

Every video lists its sources in the description, so you can read further.

Fact-checked

Each script is checked for dates, names and quotes before it's made. Myths are labelled as myths.

Open about AI

We use AI tools for narration and editing, and we label videos accordingly. Images come from public-domain and Creative Commons collections and are credited.

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Contact

Spotted a mistake, have a story we should tell, or want to work together? Write to us.

hello@kleoshistory.com