POLYKLEITOS‚ Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble copy from Pompeii‚ Italy‚ after a bronze original of ca. 450–440 BCE‚ 6’ 11” high. Seated boxer‚ from Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 100–50 BCE. Bronze‚ 4’ 2” high. Hermes and the infant Dionysus •By follower of Praxiteles (son or grandson possibly)•Contrapposto•New standard of adult and child interaction Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace)‚ from Samothrace‚ Greece‚ ca. 190 BCE. Marble‚ figure 8’ 1” high. Louvre‚ Paris
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As we know‚ the age of Ancient Greece had given to us many ideas‚ inventions and genial persons‚ and now days it is difficult to imagine our world without them. One of the most famous names of that age was Plato. He was philosopher‚ mathematic and teacher. Never the less‚ a few persons know why actually he was so famous. So‚ do you know where words “Academy” and «Benefit» came from or who created “Metaphysics” as field of science? Unfortunately‚ the extant data‚ which showed dates
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The Life of Plato Co-authored with Christopher Planeaux Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a rich history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping with his family heritage‚ Plato was destined for the political life. But the Peloponnesian War‚ which began a couple
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conformist view about the traditional society in which he lives. Both Basil and Zorba differ sharply in apparel and this may reflect their different attitudes and philosophies about life. These attitudes emulate two God’s in Ancient Greek mythology: Dionysus and Apollo. The latter was reflective‚ passive and restrained whereas the former was unreflective‚ passionate and impetuous. Zorba and Basil exude these qualities throughout the film and they are reflected during the scene. For example‚ when the
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wanted everything to turn into gold. Well someone hear about his wish which was Dionysus and of course granted his wish which he thought it wasn’t a good idea but‚ Midas didn’t care. So he went on and enjoyed touching everything but then his daughter comes running to hug his and he screams to the top of this lungs for her not to touch her father. But of course his daughter turn into a statue of gold. He asks Dionysus to turn his daughter back but he said that there was probably one only way to change
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Elaphebolion 1 Noumenia‚ 426 Tomorrow is the Dionysia festival. This will be my third one since moving here to Athens four years ago. I plan on attending the newest tragedies being performed at the theater of Dionysus. I heard that Sophokles is introducing one this year. It is called Oedipus Rex. Tomorrow should be an interesting day. Elaphebolion 2‚ 426 Today was a wonderful day. The day began with an early start. I woke up and adorned myself with my finest peplos. I left my home for the festival
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Comedy versus Tragedy “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms‚ the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” This is Oscar Wilde’s definition of the theater. But how did theater start? There are so many different genres and types of drama. How did it all come to be? Two of the biggest genres of theater were originated in ancient Greece. They are comedy and tragedy. How do these two styles differ? The main difference
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son of Zeus and Maia‚ who’s Roman name is Mercury. Hermes was the messenger of Zeus‚ guide of dead souls to the underworld and is the god of trade‚ travel‚ theft‚ sports and athletes. Hermes siblings were Ares‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Artemis‚ Aphrodite‚ Dionysus‚ Hebe‚ Heracles‚ Helen of Troy‚ Hephaestus‚ Perseus‚ Minos‚ the Muses and the Graces. Hermes was not married but had 6 children‚ Pan‚ Hermaphroditus‚ Tyche‚ Abderus‚ Autolycus and Angelia. The symbols that are associated with Hermes are Talaia
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longest‟) suggests - by the glee with which she turns her husband‟s own proverbial wisdom against him - that her motto must be “Don’t get mad‚ get even”. Mrs. Midas In Mrs Midas‚ Duffy‟s imagined speaker is the wife of Midas‚ King of Phrygia to whom Dionysus granted his hamartic wish that everything he touched should turn to gold. Duffy‟s strategy is to chart the stages by which it dawns on Midas‟ wife first that her husband possesses this golden touch and second that it has potentially fatal consequences:
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It was with Athena that came with a heroic representation of war and wisdom. Hara confirmed the authority of matrimony‚ and Demeter gave the people the themes of agriculture and civilization; Hestia gave woman a higher dignity and a position on a family and social level. Each of these spiritualities and more made it possible for the people of the ancient Greece and Rome to worship
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