history which goes back to ancient times. Everything started in the Peloponnese‚ in Greece‚ some 3‚000 years ago. Sports competitions were organized at Olympia and were named after their location‚ hence their name “Olympic” Games. Nobody knows exactly when they began‚ but the date of 776 BC is often referred to as the first written mention of the competitions. These Games were held at the same place‚ every four years. This four-year period acquired the name “Olympiad”‚ and was used as a date system:
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Ancient Greek civilizations originated in 2000 B.C. and lasted to about 300 B.C. their culture still impacts Western civilization. Also Greeks spread their ideas all over the world. They contributed significantly with the ideas of geometry‚ philosophy‚ government‚ sporting events‚ architecture‚ sculpture‚ drama‚ and more. All of this came about and reached new heights during Greece’s “Golden Age”. This age lasted for about 50 years. Today all of our lives are greatly affected and influenced from
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Many Greek gods and goddesses make up the stories we know about the most famous constellations of stars we look at every night. One of which is the goddess Athena. While not a constellation herself‚ she?s a key character in many of the stories. Athena was the goddess of crafts‚ war‚ and wisdom. She is very unique in lots of ways‚ some of which are her many names‚ how she came about‚ and her very own city. It was said that she was to carry out deeds that Zeus could not do but would want to do. She
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The Financial Greek Crisis Gunnar MacDougall Macroeconomics Greece has gained a lot of unwanted publicity in the past few years by being at the center of the economic crisis in the Eurozone. In 2009‚ Greece announced that for years they had been understating their deficit figures. It is all speculation on why Greece had been trying to hide its deficit figures‚ but it is pretty obvious that no country wants to announce that are doing extremely poorly. In response to Greece’s release of this information
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perspective. By making Medea the focus of the story‚ Euripides was able to explore the problems Greek women of the time faced. Though classic Greek dramas generally lack well-rounded female characters‚ Medea‚ as portrayed in Euripides’ Medea‚ shows depth of character through her intense emotions such as despair and rage‚ enforcing the idea that she was not content with the role of the docile housewife that Greek women of the time commonly held.
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Ancient Greek married women were forbidden to watch or participate in the Olympic Games or they were sentenced to death. There hasn’t been any evidence of women being thrown to death by being caught at the Ancient Games. Today women are competing at the Olympic
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The Greek Orthodox Church: Field Research Donna Falkenburg REL212 Living Religions Professor Charles Hall 6/16/13 The Greek Orthodox Church is very dominant in Greek life with the Archbishop traditionally being the political leader of the people. (Fisher 2011‚ p.343). The first Greek Orthodox Christians first arrived in the New World in 1768‚ and established a colony near what is now the present city of St. Augustine‚ Florida. The original building in which the
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Perseus is one of the Greek myths that famous with the symbol of ethical values that can be a very great figure in the society. Perseus was a son of Zeus and Danae. His grandfather‚ Acrisius‚ threw Perseus and his mother‚ Danae away into the sea after being told by an oracle about his grandson will kill him. Both Perseus and his mother‚ Danae was found by King Polydectes on the island of Seriphus. Later on after Perseus grown up‚ he sent Perseus to look for the head of Gorgon Medusa and hoping for
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Medusa Medusa‚ the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto is a famous gorgon in Greek Mythology. Medusa‚ who represented female wisdom‚ was the eldest of two other Gorgon sisters‚ Stheino‚ who represented strength‚ and the last sister‚ Euryale as universality. Medusa was the mortal one of the sisters. She was known originally for being a beautiful young maiden‚ her loveliest feature being her long gorgeous hair. She was a virgin‚ and she was raped by Poseidon‚ Lord of the Sea‚ while she had been worshipping
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The birth of the Greek goddess Athena was more than unusual‚ it was truly amazing! It was the headache to end all headaches! Zeus‚ the mighty king of the Olympian deities‚ regretted having swallowed his first wife‚ Metis. When Zeus had learned that she was pregnant‚ he feared that she was carrying the son that had been prophesied to supplant him on the throne. Though swallowing Metis had seemed a good idea at the time‚ it was now causing him great suffering which eventually proved to be totally
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