<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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Many works in the earliest days of Greek and Roman literature focused primarily on the military aspect of life. Through battles‚ vivid descriptions of armor and other battle utilities‚ and specific actions regarding wartime affairs‚ timeless authors were able to characterize their heroes‚ as well as enhance the plotline. Two of the great works of all time‚ Homer’s The Iliad and Virgil’s The Aeneid‚ are no exception‚ as both tales used detailed descriptions of shields and battle actions to both
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Achilles‚ son of Peleus‚ King of Myrmidons‚ and Thetis‚ sea nymph‚ comes to Troy as part of a Greek force led by King Agamemnon. Unlike most protagonists‚ Achilles does not develop significantly over the course of the epic. “Swift” Achilles‚ having been a famed and valiant soldier‚ was sought after and loved by all‚ except his adversary Agamemnon. He was a prominent warrior known for his great strength that actually caused the Achaeans to win many battles. How was Achilles such a bloodlust hero
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The Macedonians led by Alexander the Great were said to catch trout using artificial flies. The Romans thought that fish were more valuable than the Greeks. The Romans mainly used nets‚ spears‚ traps‚ and hand lines. Sometimes they attached the hand lines to a very short rod with a little bit of horse hair at the end where they would tie the hook. At this time period they started crafting fish hooks
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Ancient Greece fashion Clothing in Ancient Greece consisted of the Chiton‚ Peplos‚ Himation‚ and Chlamys. Ancient Greek men and women typically wore two pieces of clothing that would hang over their body: an undergarment (Chiton or Peplos) and a cloak (Himation or Chlamys). Clothes were customarily homemade out of various lengths of rectangular linen or wool fabric with little cutting or sewing‚ and held together with clasps or pins‚ and a belt‚ or girdle. Pieces were generally similar between men
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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Dr. Andrew W. Hay Moral Philosophy and the Greeks: Can you offer a definition of moral philosophy? What is the etymology of ethics? E - - - -. Can you define the sub-sections of moral philosophy: Meta-ethics‚ Normative Ethics‚ Applied Ethics and Descriptive ethics? A case of medical ethics (for example assisted suicide) would be an issue of ------------- ethics. Would you say that good and bad are identical with law? In light of this question consider the
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Greek and Roman both share similarities‚ but have different characteristics and use different construction types. Greek architecture used Post and- Lintel construction‚ while Roman construction dominated in arches‚ domes and vaults. Post and- Lintel construction is evident in the buildings that make up the Acropolis in Greece‚ including the Pantheon and the Temple of Hera‚ which used drums to create columns or rows of columns that used fluting and tapering to make the columns appear to perfectly
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the Pan-Hellenic Games. These included: – The Games at Olympia (Olympic Games) – The Games at Delphi (Pythian Games) – The Games at Isthmia (Isthmian Games) – The Games at Nemea (Nemean Games) These Games were special because they brought the Greek world together at a time when Greece was not a single state‚ but rather a series of city-states (politically and economically independent communities). From Greece and their colonies (in Italy‚ North Africa and Asia Minor)‚ people travelled to take
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The Greek goddess Athena Angelina Shaw Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom‚ skills‚ and warfare. Her roman name is Minerva. I chose Athena as my subject because she was a goddess who was strong‚ intelligent‚ and likes to help people. It was said that Athena did not have a mother‚ and that she was born from the head of her father Zeus. But there are other stories saying that Athena did in fact have a mother‚ but that Zeus was afraid if she had their child he would lose all his power. Zeus was
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On the day‚ when the battle of Mycale (479 BC) was concluded‚ and the joint Athenian and Spartan forces were about to celebrate its victory over the 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
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