DBQ: How Democratic were the Greeks? The country of Greece‚ in 507 BC‚ was established with the idea of democracy. It was meant to be ruled by the people with no leader with too much power. Democracy was introduced to have equality before the law. Throughout the history of Greece‚ many relationships and correlations were formed through democracy. Greek Democracy built relationships with the military needs and social class division of Greek City-States. In Greece‚ military needs were drastically
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Here is the myth of Orion’s creation. In the Greek mythology‚ it symbolizes Orion‚ a legendary hunter who said that he could kill every animal‚ no matter its tall or its dangerousity. When we look at Orion‚ we can see the greek hunter. Still in the greek mythology‚ he’s been killed by Scorpius‚ because they were both in the same horizon. Orion is also quoted in Homere’s Odysseus and the Bible. It was said that Orion was formerly a defeated greek king‚ who was defeated during a long and terrible
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The Greek word - kaloskagathos - meant being gorgeous to look at‚ and hence being a good person. This would only refer to the men. A completely different event happens to women. The Greeks described women as kalon kakon or “the beautiful-evil thing”. Women were beautiful because they were evil‚ and evil because they were beautiful. This is the reverse
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Greek Theater and its associations with religion: - To understand some of Myth‚ we have understand what the purpose of theater was. It is one of the major sources of mythology for the Greeks and us today. Early theater: - Tradition has it that the first actor was Thespis - He added a prologue and speeches to the established choral parts of religious ritual - Early theater had 2 actors and the chorus - Later‚ an additional actor was added - Actors wore masks during performances. These 2 - 3 actors
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Shapeshifting Through The Ages Have you ever wanted to fly? Or run faster than any other living thing? Or roar loudly enough to heard for miles around? Maybe you’ve wanted to breathe underwater‚ or echolocate. Any of these things could be accomplished if you could just leave your current physical form behind‚ trade your boring human skin in for a new one. For centuries‚ maybe millennia‚ human beings have dreamed of doing just that—shapeshifting. According to Ryan Stone‚ an academic in fields such
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Pandora is a mythical character who played a very important role in Greek society because she is said to have released all of the world’s badness with only a small consolation in return. She is what the Greeks believed to be the beginning of badness and evil in the world‚ two things not easily explained. Pandora is widely recognized in Greek culture to be the first woman created: a parallel to the christian Eve. Her story is that of the innocent-but-curious woman who released everything bad
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stone. After she was turned into a gorgon she was slain by Perseus and her head was given to Athene. The story of medusa is one that shows exactly why no one dared to mess with the gods. In the story of Medusa her characteristics have developed in Greek mythology like no other character has before. At the beginning of her story she was portrayed as beautiful and wanted by many men‚ but after she turned into one of the three gorgons it was said that she became ugly‚ vengeful‚ and got the power to turn
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was in frequent interaction with Egypt and Persia. Because of this and the different cultural influences that came with the contact between these civilizations‚ Greece was inspired to begin thinking about the world in new ways. This interest of the Greeks in the lifestyles of opposing cultures was responsible for the evolution of philosophy into what it is today. This is because prior to the interaction of Greece‚ Persia and Egypt‚ philosophy was nothing like it has come to be like today‚ meaning topics
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a divine art in Greece. It was first developed by ancient Greeks as a way of training and exercise for their soldiers and young men. Greek wrestling was similar to freestyle wrestling (modern)‚ where the competitor who first threw the opponent or brought them down on their back‚ knees‚ chest‚ hips or elbows three times was proclaimed the winner. Wrestling was very popular amongst the ancient Romans. However the Romans adapted the Greeks wrestling style and removed most of the brutality‚ which changed
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earth and meter means mothering in Greek. Together it makes mother earth. 17. Demeter’s symbols are a torch‚ a sheaf of wheat‚ or a barley. 18. She is invokes as the “bringer of seasons”. 19. She gave the health-giving cycle of life and death. 20. She was a preserver of marriage. Works Cited McCaughrean‚ Geraldine. Greek Gods and Goddesses. New York: Margaret K. . McElderry Books‚ 1997. Viver‚ Frederique. Greek Mythology. Paris: Moliere‚ 2005
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