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which correspond to the mordern dichotomy of ‘heterosexual’ and ‘homosexual’ in the ancient Greece. The description of acient Greek attitudes is important to recognize that there was regional variation. For instance, there were general strictures against same-sax eros in parts of Ionia, whereas it was approved of and celebrated in Eli's and Boiotia(Dover,1989;Halperin,1990 cited in Pickett, 2015) In ancient Greece, people didn't have the idea of love which we have now. Actually, sex wasn't about…

Ancient Greece Greece is one of the oldest countries today. It has a lot of history and stories attached to it. Greece also has a lot of geography attached to it too. Greece is very mountainous and has a lot of hills. With it being very mountainous land there where not many city-states that were established, because there was no way to get over the mountains to see the other people. This also caused trading to be a problem in the more rural areas of Greece. But trading is not a problem for…

Was ancient Greece the epitome of European culture and all its glory, or a culmination of Ancient Egyptian cultural influence? In Martin Bernal’s article “The Roots of Ancient Greece,” he argues that ancient Greece was not a result of influences from Hellenes, but actually Egyptian culture that was a result of the interactions between “Greek statesmen, scientists and philosophers who had studied in Egypt.” Through these interactions ancient Greece adopted Egyptian and western Asian principles…

Period (6000-2900 BC), During this period, the inhabitants initially came to Ancient Greece from the East and they settled in the Grecian Urn eastern portion of the region. Once these eastern settlements increased in population, the people scattered and traveled throughout Greece. They introduced pottery to Greece and began raising animals domestically.Early Bronze Age 2900 – 2000 BC), This is the time period in Greece when bronze and other metals like silver and gold were introduced to the…

“Greece, the captive, took her savage victor captive and brought the arts into rustic Latium,” wrote Horace, a Roman poet describing the relationship between Greece and Rome. (CITE) In other words, Horace thought that while Rome won the battle, Greece won the war in so much as its culture remained viable in Rome. After a victorious battle, the Romans collected Greek valuables and headed home. For example, a Roman general, Fulvius Nobilior, paraded over a thousand bronze and marble statues…

documented as the Olympic Games that occurred in ancient Greece. While visiting the MET, I discovered the Terracotta Panathenaic Prize Amphora. This is a vase that is from the Greek period at about 500 B.C. This vase shows multiple muscular male figures running without clothes on. This is an accurate depiction of an Olympic event as well as a Panathenaic event. Seeing this inspired my interest to research the Olympic Games of ancient Greece. According to Mary B. Moore, a professor of art…

Under the Ancient Greek traditions, the idea of sculpting statues naked established certain moral values that citizens of Ancient Greece believed in. In the Odyssey, Homer reinforces the idea of nudity in the Greek culture by showing Nausicaa standing her ground when facing a nude Odysseus (VI 149-150). This idea of nudity appeared when the citizens of the Ancient Western civilization…

There are many different things that we have gotten from the Greeks. One of the things that we have gotten is the Olympics. This sporting event is one of the big events that almost everyone in the world knows about. There are many different events that are in the Olympic that the world has adopted. A few of these sports are javelin, discus, and long jump. These three sports are some of the most popular. The discus is when you throw a weighted Frisbee. A javelin is a big wooden pole that has a…

The Classical Greek period is known to have many significant individuals whom enlightened Greece and the modern world with streams of intellectual movements. An example of a prominent personality of Classical Greece is Herodotus, who holds incalculable importance. Herodotus gives an insight of his own conception of the world in which human psychology takes fundamental place. He is also known for contributing to the creation of what society now refers to as ‘history’; an essential tool critical…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter i. Informative 1. Greece, a beautiful country that bustles with commerce and culture. It is also a country full of faith. Greek Orthodox faith which is part of the great Western branch of Christianity. But it was not always this way. In this same territory, there was another world of which only fascinating fragments remain. Fragments that when joined, they tell extraordinary stories of a world ruled by powerful gods and heroes. A world in which the actions of…