effect on his future policies and direction. These programs enabled the city to experience a new feeling‚ city state religion and city state patriotism. This new love of the city of Athens is very apparent in the building works‚ the temples‚ the Parthenon and the Athena statue but the port of piraneus works and fortification of the long walls. Funding for the projects. The funding for these projects came solely from the Delian league and the allies
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turn Athens owned other city-states as did other ones. People thought of this as the highest point which was the closest to the Gods‚ so often many people went there to talk to the gods but‚ mainly inside the Parthenon which is located on top of the acropolis. Both‚ the acropolis and the Parthenon are considered spiritually important in the development of the city-state. Even though this was not a temple as such people prayed here to the Gods and Goddesses for everything‚ daily life things to pray for
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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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Upon arriving at this topic‚ I had previously been asked a simple opinionated question‚ is math is a science‚ an art‚ or a philosophy. I thought to myself‚ well of course all three. Mathematics is for the most part (at least what people see) is a science; adding‚ subtracting‚ multiplying‚ dividing‚ differentiating‚ integrating‚ etc. These are all very well defined operations which‚ for the most part‚ have very algorithmic solution methods. The art comes in the proofs. Typically‚ when formulating
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which brought out the death in architecture. Greek architecture was considered the celebration of life. The most prestigious architectural achievement set forth by the Greek ancestry was the Parthenon‚ a temple dedicated to Athena. According to The Humanistic Tradition‚ written by Gloria K. Fiero‚ the Parthenon represented the apex of a long history of post-and-lintel temple building among the Greeks. The Greeks had introduced three of the five basic columns in classical architecture which are the
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the awesome museums. So one thing you absolutely have to do when you go to Athens is visit the Acropolis‚ which translates to "high city." And on the Acropolis are three famous buildings that were built including the Parthenon‚ the Erecthium‚ and the Temple of Nike. The Parthenon was built between 447 and 438 BC and was dedicated to Athena Parthenos and is an international symbol for Athens‚ it’s one of the most popular. The Erecthium was built between 421 and 405 BC and the Temple of Nike was built
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Shirkira PIttman March 15‚2013 Cultural and Intellectual Life In life you will find that many people have belief systems or cultures that help make up their life. Culture is a type of tradition‚value‚ heritage shared with a group or nation. Throughout mainly history‚ many different cultures have experienced a Golden Age; it is when great advances were made in a variety of different fields. A Golden
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Acropolis The Acropolis of ancient Greece consisted of many different structures. The structures included in the construction of the Acropolis were the Erechteum‚ the statue of Athena‚ the Propylaea‚ the Temple of Athena Nike‚ and the Parthenon. These structures‚ inside the extensive Acropolis walls‚ were designed for many significant reasons. One of the most remarkable aspects of a settlement from the Mycenaean period (1600 - 1200 B.C.) is the wall around the Acropolis. The first inhabitants
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University of Phoenix Faculty Material EARLY CIVILIZATIONS MATRIX CIVILIZATION |politics |society/ economics |technology |art |music |architecture |philosophy |literature | |Prehistoric |Establish- ments of large social entities 7 million ’’ 10‚000 B.C.E. |Fossil remains of near-human or proto-human creature known as Hominids 7 million-10‚000 B.C.E. |Tool and weapon making 20‚000 B.C.E. |Paintings and carvings on walls of caves and surface of rocks 15‚000 B.C.E. |Ancient music in most
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Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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