In a society that was purely patriarchal and misogynistic‚ women in the ancient world had few rights. Men and women were usually separated into different worlds‚ each with their own set of responsibilities and rules to follow. It is hard to fully define what women were like in antiquity simply because there can be no such thing as a “typical woman”‚ women differ from polis to polis and depended on social and economic background. The one thing that was expected of any woman was to belong to citizen
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Many democracy-governed countries‚ like Australia are based on the laws and policies of the Ancient Greek democracy. The word democracy originated from the Greek words; demos meaning people and crata meaning rule‚ together meaning people rule. Ancient Greece and Australia‚ compared are very similar‚ but also have their own policies and way of doing things. The two countries are governed by democracy‚ however are governed by two different systems. The Australian system is the representative democracy
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Religion In Ancient Greece - Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization Excerpts taken from: http://www.biblestudytools.com/encyclopedias/isbe/greece-religion-in-ancient.html http://www.leadershipclassics.org/AncientGreekCulture&Civilization.html GREECE‚ RELIGION IN ANCIENT || I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology Distinguished from Religion 3. Local Shrines 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of the Gods of Worship 6. Relation of Greek Gods to Nature 7. The Greater Gods
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The actors were all male‚ but they played femal roles too. Ancient Greek actors had to gesture grandly so that the entire audience could see their actions/feelings. The chorus was a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song‚ dance‚ and recitation. The chorus usually consisted of 50 men but some plays changed the size‚ even down to 12 men. The chorus performed by singing‚ dancing‚ narrating‚ and acting. They usually would sing but rarely they would talk
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When the ancient Greek Empire fell to the Roman Republic‚ the Romans took Greek slaves‚ some of whom ended up as teachers for noble Roman children. This educational influence led to a strong cultural influence from Greece to Rome. Roman education relied heavily on Greek writers‚ including Homer‚ and various aspects of Roman culture borrowed from Greece. For example‚ the Roman religion has similar gods to the ancient Greek religion‚ but with different names. The Greek influence on Roman architecture
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things have really changed over time! The ancient country people used to call Rome is the country we call Italy today. Modern times and ancient are very different. Italy got its name from a small part of the Roman Empire. The country was renamed Italy in 1861 under the rule of Victor Emanuel II. Since he was ruler when Italy got its name he was considered the first king of Italy. Ever since Rome changed its name to Italy Italian people believe that they gave had good luck. People’s superstitions from
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I agree‚ the Ancient Greek city-states were often at odds with each other. People from other city-states were not as highly regarded as they regarded themselves and they mostly went to war with each other for control over the peninsula. When the Persians threatened all of Greece‚ they had no choice but to unite. This also showed them an enemy that was far more different from them than people from other Greek-city states. Continuous conflict and competition between city-states broke
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Q5.A) Theogony is the fictional literary work the best for the ancient Greece because Theogony means the birth of the gods‚ this poem is from the 8 the century BC. First‚ it was one of the first to put humans at the center of the universe. Unlike the animal deities of Egyptians and Mesopotamians‚ the god of Greeks is human inform. Second‚ it is hymn of Zeus‚ the king of gods and men‚ but it involves the ancestor of the world and the other gods. Third‚ the poem shows the creation gods and universe
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The Ancient Greeks have influenced the Western civilizations in many ways. The ancient greeks have made many contributions to them in aspects of art‚ mathematics‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ science‚ and architecture. These ideas have dramatically changed Western Civilizations‚ and continue to influence the world. When the Ancient Greeks would expand their empire‚ they would spread their cultures as well‚ a form of cultural diffusion. One of the greatest contributions Greece has made to Western civilizations
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