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powerful leader of the city of Athens. He was a great supporter of the concept of democracy. Pericles guided Athens almost through the entire Peloponnesian War. Pericles promoted the arts and literature. This was a main reason Athens held the reputation of being the educational and cultural centre of the ancient Greek world. Pericles’ rule as a statesman in Athens is called the Golden Age of Pericles‚ and he was an eager supporter of democracy. He wanted all citizens of Athens to take an active part
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the city of Athens. Athens is mostly remembered for the talents and education. Boys went to school to learn to become citizens while girls stayed home to learn domestic skills. All male Athenian citizens had to be ready to fight for the state at any time. Even when they were young. With its large navy‚ Athens ruled the sea and became wealthy through trade and fighting in foreign lands. It’s fleet consisted of three-hundred triple-decked‚ oar powered ramming ships‚ called a trireme. Athens ultimate archenemy
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Persian armies; Athens found itself in the position to dominate the Greek world. The Athens will dominate this period not only because it was the Athenian leadership and vision that saved the Greece from Persian tyrrany; but because the Athens won the allegiance‚ and eventually the contributions of most Aegean Cities. (Durant 1966:474) When the war was over‚ the Ionia was impoverished and in ruin‚ The Sparta will be demoralized by earthquake and the resulting Helot insurrection; Athens on the contrary
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lives. However‚ Lysistrata plans something that gives them the edge in this sexual war. She convinces every single girl in Athens‚ and Sparta to boycott sex. Now their rebellion would not seem so shallow since they represent the idea of the whole people in Athens. Also‚ to symbolize they represent the idea of Athens‚ the “conquer” the most popular spot in that time: The Parthenon. A gathering point for the whole city is now in the hands of women and they do not give them to some old men who try to get
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haven’t seen a lot of things like the Persian wars. These wars were between Greek city states including Athens‚ Sparta and a few others small cites. Along with the massive Persian Empire. This happened over two thousand years ago and we’ll notice; why this was a major turning point within the Greek society‚ cultural developments that happened within the "Golden Age"‚ and the fall between Athens and Sparta which led to the Peloponnesian wars. The society and culture of the Greeks has had an ever-lasting
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The Classical ideal of ancient Athens pertains to the standard of excellence proposed by the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome‚ beginning in the Golden Age of Greece. The ancient Greeks aspired to perfection in both body and mind‚ and sought a synthesis of the two poles of passion and reason. Through athletic behaviour‚ they were able to exercise the value of perfection of body. Through philosophy‚ government‚ poetry‚ drama‚ law‚ logic‚ history‚ mathematics and architecture‚ they were able to express
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All of the people who visited Parthenon were dazzled by the art and were grateful they were to the goddess of wisdom‚ Athena. Medusa was not as grateful for the magnificent art in Athena’s temple. She argued to her friends that she would make a better muse than Athena because she was more
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Greek Architecture Thesis;In my point of view‚ Functionality is based on the foundation of Greek architecture ‚ like the architecture style in the some cities such as Ephesus‚ Millet and Assos. Greek architecture is based on the houses called “Megaron”.The Megaron houses‚ which has four corners and an entrance‚ has some pillars around.In fact they are temples and for this reason the people musn’t enter in it.Only they pray out of temple.The outside of it is much more
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Ancient Greece civilization started on the island of Crete in 2‚000 B.C.1 Ancient Greece was separated into the city-states. Each of the city-states there was a city and then surrounding farmland around it. The most popular city-states were Athens and Sparta. Athens was the richest city-state and
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