her passionate love for Jason‚ she sacrificed all‚ committing unspeakable acts on his behalf. But his betrayal of her has transformed passion into rage. Her violent and intemperate heart‚ formerly devoted to Jason‚ now is set on his destruction. The Greeks were very interested in the extremes of emotion and the consequences of leaving emotion unchecked; they also tended to see strong passion and rage as part and parcel of greatness. Medea is an example of passion carried too far‚ in a woman perversely
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In Homer’s epic‚ The Odyssey‚ various aspects of the ancient Greeks are revealed through the actions‚ characters‚ plot‚ and wording. Homer uses his skill as a playwright‚ poet‚ and philosopher to inform the audience of the history‚ prides‚ and achievements of the ancient Greeks‚ and‚ also‚ to tell of the many values and the multi-faceted culture of the ancient Greek caste. The Greeks had numerous values and customs‚ of which the primary principles are the mental characteristics of an individual
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Ancient Greek novels share a multitude of thematic elements: god-like beauty‚ oracle predictions‚ erotic love‚ ruthless pirates‚ world travel and many others. They also feature related characters and settings. In the novels studied thus far in class‚ I find the most powerful motif is the love the two main characters share. This love tests and changes them throughout their journey both in relation to themselves‚ but also in the way the reader sees them. In most ancient novels‚ love plays
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The Greek settlement started in small trading posts‚ but then soon grew into very successful merchant cities. The Greeks settled in southern Italy because it had good agriculture land and harbor sites. In Sicily‚ Greeks carved up the island‚ taking over its best sites. The Greeks settled on the island of Ischia‚ which was off the bay of Naples in Campania. They started to expand at Cumae and establish new cities‚ nea polis‚ in Naples. This gave the Greeks access to those agriculture riches of Campania
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"The Mask of Apollo" revolves around the adventures of Nikeratos‚ a young actor who travels the countryside of ancient Greece and Sicily while performing in various plays. In one play‚ Kadmos by Sophokles the Younger‚ Nikeratos is required to wear an old mask of Apollo as part of his costume. The mask is fifty years old and is rumored to bring good luck. Nikeratos is impressed with the mask and comes to believe that it possesses special powers. He begins to make reverent gestures toward it as when
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While Book 1 of the Iliad establishes the epic’s enveloping action as the conflict between the Achaean (the Greeks) and the Trojans‚ it documents yet another agon: The disagreement between Agamemnon‚ the leader of the entire Achaean army‚ and Achilles‚ the Achaeans’ most important general and greatest warrior. According to ancient Greek values‚ as well as the ancient Greek cosmology‚ Agamemnon is at fault because he violates the citizen-king bond‚ fails to demonstrate the concept of “heart”‚ and
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The ancient Greeks worshipped more than a dozen gods‚ with a distinctive god controlling every aspect of their lives. ¨Ancient Greek religion has been the subject of speculation and research from classic times to the present.¨ Although the ancient Greeks worshipped many gods‚ there were twelve main gods known as the Olympians. These gods may have held great power and authority‚ however they were depicted as looking like ordinary men and women. Though ancient Greek religion is no longer practiced
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change because the Renaissance artists looked back to the classical Greek and Roman styles where at the same time‚ challenged themselves by adapting the ancient traditions into their own styles. ‘The realism that emerged in Renaissance painting went beyond mere fidelity to ancient costumes‚ architecture‚ and statuesque posture’ . The changes on Renaissance art can be better explained in terms of its continuity of the classical Greek and Roman styles rather than of revolutionary change. Besides that
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Renaissance‚ scholars became more interested in the humanistic features of society‚ and humanistic educators based their teaching models on Greek and Latin classics. Renaissance education was One apparent purpose of a Renaissance education was to praise the value of useful education‚ through the teaching of the classics‚ mainly Greek literature that was written by Greek philosophers‚ mathematicians and other important figures. Some criticised the Renaissance education‚ however‚ because they felt as if
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Triumph or Tragedy Pottery Ancient Greece An amphora is an ancient Greek form of a container‚ used as a storage jar and one of the principal shapes in greek pottery‚ a two-handled pot with a neck narrower than the body. There are two types of amphorae. One of the most common forms made in Ancient Greek Pottery‚ was always with two vertical neck-handles and used for storing and transporting oil‚ wine and foodstuffs
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