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    provides resonance with “Anatomy and architecture‚ medicine and geography‚ religion and philosophy‚ politics and the ideology of the empire” (Lester‚651). Parthenon is a good example of showing the ideas represented by a Vitruvian Man. The length of the column was 45 Doric feet‚ 48- common feet‚ and 50-Ionic feet which resembles the the measurements of the drawing on Solomus stone of Doric‚ Ionic and Common

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    The life of the hero theseus Aegeus‚ king of Athens‚ and the sea god Poseidon both slept with Theseus’s mother‚ Aithra‚ on the same night‚ supplying Theseus with both divine and royal lineage. Theseus was born in Aithra’s home city of Troezen‚ located in the Peloponnese‚ but as an adolescent he traveled around the Saronic Gulf via Epidauros‚ the Isthmus of Corinth‚ Krommyon‚ the Megarian Cliffs‚ and Eleusis before finally reaching Athens. Along the way he encountered and dispatched six legendary

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    The Elgin Marble

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    The Elgin Marble is a collection of ancient Greek stone sculpture and architecture. Lord Elgin was the first person who acquired in Athens in between 1801 to 1805. The temple was built for dedication to goddess Athena and it also represents the beginning of democracy. Lord Elgin carried out the work by acquiring 21 figures depicting battles and decoration of the Parthenon. He also acquired the treasures‚ architectural features and objects from other buildings. However‚ the Elgin Marble was illegally

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    activity is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the module/week assigned‚ except Learning Activity 8 The “Elgin Marbles” are Ancient Greek art from The Parthenon in Greece‚ named this after Lord Elgin. The ancient art was acquired by Britain‚ initially through Lord Elgin’s removal from the Parthenon during his time as an Ottoman ambassador in Athens‚ Greece. He somehow convinced the Ottoman emperor to allow him to take the ancient art‚ beginning in 1805. The British government purchased the ancient

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    Greek Architecture

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    The Greek culture has had a huge impact on the history of the world. There is something Greek in almost everything‚ especially in the world’s architecture. Greece no longer had one king‚ so they focused on building temples for their gods. Architecture began small and plain but evolved into impressive pieces of art. As time passed from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic period‚ the people of Greece developed a type of formula for their buildings and their pieces of art. In Ancient Greece‚

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    Evans HUM 2210 REVIEW SHEET EXAM 1 LISTS 1. Features that identify a society as "civilized" a. Agriculture (irrigation) and breeding of animals = surplus food (goats‚ peig‚ cattle‚ sheep). Wheat‚ barley‚ rice‚ and maize.(Sci&Tech- polish stone tools. Ex: stone sickles) b. Cities: large apartment settlements= standard architecture & surplus manpower c. Writing (“gifts of the gods”)= records. Pictograph‚ ideogram‚ cuneiform. d. Institutions

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    Delian League Success

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    alliance of more than 300 Greek city-states‚ under the direction of Athens‚ with the aim of liberating the eastern cities of Greece which were under the control of Persia. “Prominent members included: Aegina‚ Byzantium‚ Chios‚ Lesbos‚ Lindos‚ Naxos‚ Paros‚ Samos‚ Thasos‚ and many other cities across the Aegean‚ in Ionia‚ the Hellespont‚ and Propontis.” (Cartwright & Mark‚ 2016). This alliance was dissolved after the defeat of Athens by Sparta in the war of the Peloponnesus in 404 BC. The Delian League

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    cultures deserve to be acknowledged. These were the people who developed the basic building blocks of architecture‚ furniture and interiors that we use today. They worked hard and strived for perfection. I have decided to look at the Pantheon‚ Parthenon and Temple of Horus as buildings of my inspiration. These buildings are examples of magnificent architecture and over the years people have altered and changed the styles‚ but the basics still remain the same up to today.

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    revolted in 499b.c Athens aided the revolts that broke out. Darius (son) crushed the revolt of the Asian minor. The Battle of Marathon happened. Xerxes (grandson) was the army and the naval attack for them back in that time. He was in the battle of Thermopylae- 480b.c Sparta only had 300 men against the 6‚000 Greek (Persians) the Persians military was a victory of Sparta. The importance of the Greek victories was they had the golden age‚ and were the leaders of unity. When Athens had leadership Sparta

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    Greek as some refers to the “high classical “period that took place and follows the classical period from 450 BCE to 400 BCE that lasted half century. It represents the outstanding cultural achievements and the intellectual growth that happened upon Athens at the time. Architecture in ancient Greece commenced as a basic building with plain designs but as times passed from the archaic period to the geometric‚ the classic and then the Hellenistic period‚ it evolved

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