Origin In 480‚ the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece‚ defeated his enemies at Artemisium and Thermopylae‚ and sacked Athens. Although his navy was severely damaged in the naval battle ofSalamis‚ it was obvious that the Persians were the strongest. So‚ the great king recalled many troops. This gave the Greeks the breathing space they needed‚ and they defeated Xerxes’ right-hand man Mardonius at Plataea. More or less at the same time‚ a Greek expeditionary force attacked the remains of the Persian
Premium Ancient Greece Peloponnesian War Delian League
During the 400’s BC‚ Athens was considered the center of the Greek world as they had the most power over any other city. Writers such as Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides‚ and Aristophanes produced many literary masterpieces that are still being read today that fall into the categories of drama‚ tragedy‚ and comedy (Silberman‚ 1996). More specifically‚ with Sophocles‚ when he wrote Oedipus Rex
Premium Tragedy World War II Sophocles
races as weaker and less valuable then whites‚ poor as weaker and less valuable than rich‚ ironically calls itself democracy. They might call it democracy. They might call it equality. But we? We want THE TRUTH. Let’s start with the words that Aeschylus‚ in his tragedy The Eumenides‚ put in Athena’s mouth: To male supremacy in all things‚ I give my whole hearted consent‚ says she‚ adding that mother is not the true creator‚ since she was born from her father’s head. Later on‚ Aristotle’s basic
Premium Naomi Klein White supremacy Intersectionality
Sparta: Uncultured Discipline The Spartans were the most formidable warriors in all of history. They dedicated their entire lives to warfare. They were taught to endure cold‚ hunger‚ pain‚ their courage on the battlefield was second to none. The Spartan code was to fight hard‚ follow orders without question and to die rather then retreat or surrender. To achieve all this‚ Sparta sacrificed everything; the arts‚ culture‚ and other things that make life worth while. I believe the price was to high
Premium Sparta Ancient Greece Army
Pindar (athletic contest) o DRAMA- most important contribution ▪ Based on popular myths and legends ▪ Discussed moral and social issues‚ relationship of people and gods o TRAGEDY ▪ Aeschylus (The Orosteia)‚ Sophocles (Antigone)‚ Euripides (The Trojan Women) ▪ Human suffering ended in disaster- stir emotions of pity and fear o COMEDIES ▪ Humorous plays that mocked people and
Free Ancient Rome Roman Empire Roman Republic
Greek Pindar; Peter Pindar I have read all right)‚ but the mere fact that I have not read Pindar‚ I think‚ ought not to prevent me and certainly would not prevent me from talking of "the masterpieces of Pindar‚" or of "great poets like Pindar or Aeschylus." The very learned men are angularly unenlightened on this as on many other subjects; and the position they take up is really quite unreasonable. If any ordinary journalist or man of general reading alludes to Villon or to Homer‚ they consider it
Free Morality Human
Mark Rothko Mark Rothko is one of the important figures in the generation of painters. His work still draws attention to many people around the world. Born in Dvinsk‚ Russia (in what is now Latvia)‚ Marcus Rothkovich was the fourth child of Jacob Rothkovich‚ a well to do pharmacist and his wife Anna Rothkovich. As Russia was a hostile environment for Zionist Jews‚ Jacob immigrated to the United States with his two older sons in 1910‚ finally sending for the rest of his
Premium Painting Color theory Color
Aristotelian philosophy teaches that knowing material reality can be achieved by properly identifying the essential traits of things and distinguishing things from other things by forming classification schemes based on those traits. The theory’s great power is that it canproduce useful‚ independently verifiable categories of analysis--if we all can agree on the epic’s essential traits‚ then we can conduct reasonable scholarly discussions about epics. Since Aristotle also was interested (like his
Premium Poetics Sophocles Aristotle
Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means: "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biographies‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such
Premium Literature Poetry
He has encouraged people to be involved in creative works. He even oversaw a production of a play‚ Persians‚ by Aeschylus (Kagan‚ 1998). Pericles’ enthusiasm‚ promotion and support for people of the arts attracted creative people from all over Greece to Athens where it became a place rich in culture and artistry (Kagan‚ 1998; Morris‚ 2005). Pericles introduced plans
Premium Ancient Greece Pericles Classical Athens