History of Sport Tutorial Paper 1: Women and Sport in the Ancient World Is there evidence of female participation in the ancient Olympic Games? According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) there have been over 30‚923 women participating in the modern Olympic Games over the period of 108 years since the first women participated at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. At the latest Olympic Games held in Beijing‚ out of the 11‚196 total athletes‚ 4‚746 were women that were involved at
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Research paper 2 GREEK ARCHITECTURE ON MODERN BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA Greek Architecture has been so appealing to the Western World‚ especially America. When we talk about Greek influence on western world architecture‚ the influence is evident and undeniable. We could easily find buildings that consist of many elements of Greek architecture. Greek architecture represents power‚ authority and strength; but at the same time define beauty. An example would be the Temple of Artemis. The great temple
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What is a myth? It is a traditional story based on ancient beliefs of different communities and having supernatural explanations of facts or natural phenomena. The mythical story is related to religious beliefs‚ for that reason‚ has a ritual character‚ ie presents invariable elements and is distinguished by its durability. The purpose of myth is not to entertain‚ as with the story‚ but to explain the meaning of life. So there are certain subjects such as the origin of man and the universe‚ which
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Heraclitus‚ like many of the beginning philosophers was a monist. His interpretation of the one reality was fire; however‚ this is not to be taken literally. Heraclitus believed that the “one” could not be any material thing‚ but could be found in the orderliness of change and he explained fire as “always changing yet somehow is always the same.” By having orderliness‚ there is possibility for the human mind to understand the cosmos instead of it being chaotic and based on the gods’ wills. He believed
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Ancient Greek Food When you think of greek food you mainly would think of hummus‚ flat bread‚ and gyros. But back in 3000 BC the Greeks had a much different diet than popular culture would believe. Their diet mainly consisted of grains and meat; also they drank a plethora of wine. What you ate and how much you ate was strongly connected to your social class (Nardo). The higher class in ancient Greece had access to an abundance of exotic foods‚ spices. and wines much more than the peasants and lower
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Anonymous May 7‚ 2013 Mr. ---------- Great Ideas I Philosophy Man’s nature has remained the same over history‚ and the need for some sort of divine aid has never been solely a Christian idea. Many early Greek philosophers understood that men have an innate desire to benefit themselves‚ but argue over whether they need to strive for justice‚ or benefit themselves by undermining others. This Greco-Roman philosophy was mainly seen in stoicism‚ and Platonism and each were incorporated into the
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honor of the greek God Zeus. People donated gifts to the God ‚ buildings ‚ statues ‚ altars and many more. In today’s olympics anyone is allowed to compete‚ during the olympia only Greeks were allowed to compete. The Greeks would travel thousands miles away to come compete.The greeks what year it was based on the olympics. Whoever won every four years had the olympiad name after them. The first Olympiad who was honored was Korobois of Elis‚ He was the winner of the race in 776 B.C. In ancient Olympics
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The most we can learn about the values of Ancient Greece through the study of Greek myths is power‚ especially the power of conquering the nature which is highly advocated and admired by the ancient Greeks. Such a power exhibits in many aspects in the stories of Greek myths‚ including Herakles who has the sheer strength since he was born and the great courage accomplished twelve challenging tasks‚ Odyssey who has been through tribulation and eventually back home‚ reuniting with his family‚ etc..
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Ancient Greece had one of the greatest militaries of all time. All throughout Greece there were different city-states. Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens‚ they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others‚ with good
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in ancient Greece was not easy to acquire. There are certain aspects and requirements that must have been met in one’s life to be deemed a hero in Greek culture. The Oxford English Dictionary Online defines heroism as "the action and qualities of a hero; exalted courage‚ intrepidity or boldness; heroic conduct" and a hero as "the name given to men of superhuman strength‚ courage‚ or ability‚ favoured by the gods and men‚ and immortal." Buxton (2004: 103) stated that according to the ancient Greeks
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