Ancient Greek

this week and the topics covered within, almost seemed to tell a story in itself with the review and objective surrounding the prehistory, first civilization, and Ancient Greece eras. One of the concepts that was found to be most interesting this week was the architecture that developed from the Mesopotamia period and of course from Ancient Greece, which was pointed out not only in the reading material, but discussion questions…

A typical Greek city was built around a fortified hill, called an "acropolis". Here was located the city's chief temple, the city's treasury, and some other public buildings. At the centre of the city was the "Agora" - the central space where public meetings were held, and where traders set up their stalls. The agora was often flanked by colonnades. Most industrial production took place in small workshops. Family members plus some slaves would make up the workforce in most of these. However,…

Ancient civilisations and cultures displayed a strong belief in their chosen deities, they believed deities could lead them to success or give them power, especially between monarchs. Some monarchs used religion to establish and reinforce their political status and they built shrines and place cult status and held festivals to show people’s worship, these buildings were used for religious observance and they reflected the rituals that took place in them and through the unique structure elements…

In terms of scientific, philosophical, and cultural influence, Greece was the American equivalent to the ancient world. Their influence was far-reaching, impacting nearly every country on the eastern Mediterranean. However beneficial their influence was on the political and artistic realms of the nations surrounding it, their worldview was predominantly pagan as their main religion was polytheistic Hellenism[1]. Their beliefs were often very loosely-based on biblical truths, but more often…

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

Have you ever wondered what education in old Greek cities was like? A student can infer from their history textbook that education in ancient Greek was very male oriented. As education has its strengths and weaknesses education in Greece was very difficult. In Sparta they had some strengths and many weaknesses in their education. In Sparta they girls did not go to school instead they stayed at home but the boys went to a school called the Agoge. At age of eight years boys are sent to the agoge…

Beverly Agni Professor: Van History 1 03/30/2016 Ancient Greece Ever wonder how was the Ancient Societies used to be like? What start off the adultery? What did the Neolithic period and Bronze age do in history? Why do people believe what they believe in today’s world? Why do people behave the way they do? Learning the Ancient history helps us understand how religion, education, government impacted the society back in the early days and how the after come has affects us now. In Greece,…

Greek Famous People Ancient Greece influenced the modern world in many ways. Ancient Greece had some of the best minds ever. A lot of the scientific information we know today came from ancient Greece like our solar system revolves around the Sun, and the Earth is round. There also was a great deal of philosophers from ancient Greece that continue to influence the world thousands of years after their death. Archimedes One example of an ancient Greek scientist that has discovered a lot of…

Education in Ancient Greece Throughout the history of Ancient Greece, education was limited to the upper class. Very little is known about the education of the lower classes due to an extremely low literacy rate among these groups. Greek boys, ages six to fourteen, were privately schooled by priests, teachers, and philosophers in reading, writing, art, mathematics, and philosophy. Women were, however, rarely schooled in these departments, unless they were educated within their home. A…

Loc Van Art History I Breta Petraccia Water jar (shoulder hydria) with Athena, Herakles, Apollo, and Hermes Water jar (shoulder hydria) with Athena, Herakles, Apollo, and Hermes is an Ceramic Ancient Greek vase that was placed at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. The vase was colored with black slip at the negative space (back ground). The positive space where the design was divided into 3 main parts on the vase was colored with red pigment. Only one half of the vase (one side) comes with the…