the program. - Pericles was able to use the Delian league funds however he saw fit. The allies didn’t have say because they didn’t turn up to the conference. - To beautify Athens by restoring the temples that had been destroyed during the Persian wars. - The large scale of the buildings were to reflect the greatness of Athens. “He recognized that the city by enabling the houses of her gods would enable herself and that she could express her own might and her ideals in no worthier way than by the
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In Greece it is a known fact that the citizens relied on the Gods for any complications they had in life. The Persian wars with Greece and how it affected Greece as a whole. What the main ideas in the Iliad was manliness‚ courage‚ and loyalty. In the comedy play the Congresswomen shows the dry wit people in the government was shown. There were many similarities and differences with the two main city-states in Greece but literature like the Iliad and congresswomen shows the beliefs and values throughout
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dominated by so many gods. The people of Athens lived in a polytheistic society where they believed in many gods known as the Olympians. This brought its advantages as well as its disadvantages. Among the Athenians there were many gods and goddesses whom they believed held great responsibility over their lives. Major ones such as Athena played an important role in their daily lives. Athena is the goddess of war‚ wisdom and crafts. She is also the patron goddess of Athens‚ which was a very important role
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Olympians all share an athletic quality that many people do not experience. Ethan Hammar from California enjoyed watching the Olympics‚ as did billions of people worldwide. Modern Olympics have been around since 1896 when Athens‚ Greece hosted the summer games. Before the International Olympic Committee was formed‚ the Olympic Games can be traced back to the eighth century AD. Any games prior to 393 AD were known as the Ancient Olympic Games; between 393 AD and 1896 there were no official games at
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treasures range from pottery‚ sculpture‚ dance‚ literature and architecture. Greek architecture shows the complexity of mathematics and design that they installed into their structures. The temple of Parthenon is one of these structures that stand atop Athens in its beauty and grandeur. Completed in 432 BC and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena‚ the building was important to their culture and through out their history. The building has seen many historical events and damage through time. Surviving sculptures
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The Parthenon and the Pantheon are both considered awesome works of art representative of the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome. The Parthenon‚ built in Athens in 447 B.C by Pericles‚ is considered classic Greece. The Pantheon we know today was built in Rome in 125 C.E. and is thought of as a great example of ancient Roman culture. While there are some similarities to the buildings‚ there are also differences in them around the functions they were erected for. Starting with the similarities
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The personality of Athens city is one of a mixture of Eastern and Western cultures‚ and a fusion of modern and ancient structures. (“People and Lifestyle” 1). In a modern day Athenian society‚ we see them as happy and fun people that are very smart because of the way ancestors and are a mixture of Western and Eastern culture. The cultural legacy of ancient Athens to the world is incalculable and to a great extent the references to the Greek
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School of Athens Raphael Santi was born in Urbino of 1483‚ he was a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance. He studied under Pietro Perugino; but after leaving Perugino and moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (who were the artists who had established the High Renaissance style in Florence). During that time‚ Julius II requested decorations for the stanze (rooms) that Nicholas V had added to the building of the
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museum was built and its collections reorganized by French archeologist Pierre de la Coste-Masselière. Pierre was a well known archeologist amongst the community of those who specialized in archaic Greek art and was a member of the French School of Athens. Who already had valuable information on Delphi from being the primary goers of the original excavations. He went on to put many of the artifacts in chronological order just as before and the new size of the museum allowed for more of a spacious
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points to support their stance on keeping the Parthenon marbles in Britain. The reasoning they have for arguing that the marbles were not stolen was that Lord Elgin “acted with full knowledge and permission of the legal authorities of the day in both Athens and London.” In addition to that‚ the British Museum argues that the case was “thoroughly studied by a Parliamentary Select Committee.” In addition to that‚ the Museum’s response to the argument that the marbles should be returned to the Parthenon
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