When Greece and Rome are brought up, one might not think much of them since they are relics of the past. One of the most fascinating things, in my opinion, is how Western culture uses the discoveries, ideas, and inventions of the Greco-Roman time as its foundation. These surviving ideas from the past not only influence our modern world, but also influence my personal life quite considerably. I did not realize it at first, but a lot of things I do are closely related to the creations and innovations of Greece and Rome. I strive to learn new things, and I know that I am far from anyone I would call wise. The amount of discoveries and facts that can be known is immense. Of course, it would be much more difficult to learn anything without it already
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One of my dreams is to write something that will inspire others, as I have read things that have inspired me. When the golden age of Greece ended, the Alexandrian Museum was a significant improvement in the pursuit of knowledge and literature. After Athens fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, Macedonia took control of weakened Greece in the mid 300s BCE. Alexander, 20 years old, took his father’s place after he was assassinated in 336 BCE as the new ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great conquered so much territory that he created the largest empire in the world for its time. Because this empire was so large, Greek culture was not simply going to die out. After Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, three of his generals, each Greek, took control of different parts of the empire and spread their culture to their areas, from Egypt to central Asia. To me, the highlight of what came from this was the Alexandrian Museum in Egypt, built around 280 BCE. According to Brian Haughton, the museum “also functioned as a place of study with lecture areas, laboratories, observatories, botanical gardens, a zoo, living quarters, and dining halls, as well as the Library itself” (Haughton). The library stored copies of many famous pieces of writing, such as that from Homer, Socrates, and Plato. It was a complexity of available information that inspired many new ideas and
One of my dreams is to write something that will inspire others, as I have read things that have inspired me. When the golden age of Greece ended, the Alexandrian Museum was a significant improvement in the pursuit of knowledge and literature. After Athens fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, Macedonia took control of weakened Greece in the mid 300s BCE. Alexander, 20 years old, took his father’s place after he was assassinated in 336 BCE as the new ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great conquered so much territory that he created the largest empire in the world for its time. Because this empire was so large, Greek culture was not simply going to die out. After Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, three of his generals, each Greek, took control of different parts of the empire and spread their culture to their areas, from Egypt to central Asia. To me, the highlight of what came from this was the Alexandrian Museum in Egypt, built around 280 BCE. According to Brian Haughton, the museum “also functioned as a place of study with lecture areas, laboratories, observatories, botanical gardens, a zoo, living quarters, and dining halls, as well as the Library itself” (Haughton). The library stored copies of many famous pieces of writing, such as that from Homer, Socrates, and Plato. It was a complexity of available information that inspired many new ideas and