over the world. Paris choose the beautiful women around the world‚ and luckily paris and Hera fell in love. The problem here was that Hera was married to the king of sparta Menelaus. The news finally reached to Sparta and Greece. Menelaus’ brother Mycenae heard the news first and was very upset. So in anger he sent an army to Troy‚ that’s when Agamemnon and with the help of others came up with the Trojan horse. The trojan horse sat right outside the city of Troy to signify the end of the war. The greeks
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HERCULES Narrator: Long ago‚ in the ancient land of Greece‚ there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinary heroes. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty Hercules. Hercules was the son of Zeus‚ the most powerful God. Zeus fell in love with a beautiful woman named Alcmene. Alcmene’s husband was away for a while. Zeus made Alcmene pregnant. Alcmene: (beside the river washing clothes) (thunder effect) (Zeus came) (light effects and thunder sound) This
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In “Herakles writes home” we can see how Marian Maguire has used Greek mythological figures taken from ancient Greek vases and put them into the scenes of New Zealand’s colonization and conflict with Maori to show the effects of the British settlers had on the shaping of New Zealand’s fate be it negative or positive depending on the viewpoint of the viewers. The pot Maguire uses in “Herakles writes home” is a black figure Volute Krater similar in shape to the Black-figure Volute Krater made by
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Greeks who launched an attack on the Cretan capital‚ Knossos around 1300 BCE destroyed Minoan civilization and ruled much of the Greek archipelago for two centuries fought against the city of Troy (c. 1200 BCE); Heinrich Schleimann excavated in Mycenae and found important relics and he also led a team to western Turkey where he unearthed the ruins of Troy 3. Dorian (1100-800BCE) seized control of the Greeks from the Myceneans ushered in the Greek “Dark Ages’ *After three centuries of
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ROME 1. Macedonian professional army-advantages included a wide range of specialists‚ strict discipline and elimination of large numbers of noncombatant servants 2. Battle of Chaeronea- ended Greek city state freedom once and for all. 3. Philip of Macedon-by his death he had installed his despotic rule throughout Greece 4. Alexander-was motivated by the desire for personal power and glory 5. Despotism-absolute power- of authority of rulers who represented themselves as at least semi-divine
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communities began to develop in Greece: the Aegeans‚ Achaeans‚ the and Pelasgians. Crete became the center of the Aegean civilization‚ also called the Minoans‚ and their culture dominated the region about 2500 BC. The Achaeans built their capital at Mycenae. A volcanic eruption in 1400 BC caused the destruction of the Minoan Thera‚ an island east of Crete. The destruction crushed the Minoan functionality and their culture was absorbed by the Mycenaean Greeks. Around 1200 BC‚ a conflict arose at the city
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Iliad The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters‚ traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends
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Homer’s Iliad is a powerful‚ beautiful‚ and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. An epic poem and a classic of world literature‚ the Iliad recounts portions of the war between Greece and the city-state of Troy. Most entrancing are his vivid & wonderful descriptions of the Great City of Troy and illustrious recounts of the events that took place on this ancient site. It is not a surprise that the 19th century German archaeologist or arguably treasure hunter‚ Heinrich Schliemann was spellbound to
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CHARACTERS MORTALS: AGAMEMNON The leader of the Achaean expedition to Troy‚ he was the King of Mycenae. On his return from Troy he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra‚ and her lover Aegisthus. The lover was the son of Thyestes‚ the brother and enemy of Atreus‚ Agamemnon’s father. When Odysseus voyages to Hades he meets with Agamemnon’s ghost. ALCINOUS The King of the Phaeacians and husband of Arete‚ who had a daughter called Nausicaa. Nausicaa helps Odysseus when he first arrives in their
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Spartans Didn’t Paint on Abs Zander Hayes HY 105 300 is a film about the Battle of Thermopylae. Dictated by a Spartan soldier‚ Dilios‚ the film begins by telling the story of King Leonidas’ childhood. The story skips ahead to his kingship‚ where messengers from the Persian godking Xerxes threaten the Spartans and demand their surrender. Leonidas refuses‚ and attempts to take the Spartan army to meet Xerxes’ forces. However‚ the senate den
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