Alexander the Great Essay

Even though both men, played a huge role in ancient discovery, I believe Sir Arthur Evans discoveries were the most beneficial and helped us learn the most about the Aegean civilization. Through his findings, historians have been able to uncover more about these ancient civilizations. I choose Sir Arthur Evans for a couple of reasons. First, he discovered the the ancient capital of Knossos by digging up a palace. This finding allowed him to name the civilization Minoan. This was the…

known ancient Greek Architecture, The Amphitheatre. The Amphitheatre was a theater, which provided many forms of entertainment such as politics, religion, the human condition, popular figures, and legends. They were all discussed and performed with great enthusiasm. The Greek Amphitheatre became popular around the Golden Age of Greece, which was around 500 to 300 B.C. Amphitheaters were so popular during…

The Greek portrays the human form naturally and realistically, they slowly develop standardized representations of the human form sculptor to reflect the aesthetic preferences of the period in which they are created. In the classical period, Greek artists create naturalistic representations of the human form. Focusing particularly on the ideal male body, sculptors carved figures that reflected their concern with the principles of harmony, order, symmetry and proportions. Polyclitus a Greek…

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…

they started to farm and settle down in villages. Then more people started to come to Greece.They started to make governments, set of laws Had armies, and collected tax .Also all Greek city state have a god or a goddess which all The citizens had great respect and sacrifice. In 1200 BC Indo- European Invaders came to Greece end the invaders married citizens of Greece. They sailed to places like west Asia and Crete, and picked up ideas. They built palaces and big tombs for the leaders.…

Greek Mythology has been around for centuries and the Gods and Goddesses in the myths themselves were worshipped for many years. One of the most important Goddesses was Hera, queen of the Gods and Goddesses. She was married to the Supreme Ruler, Zeus, who was also her brother. One of the many theories surrounding the personalities of the Greek deities is that they are exaggerated symbolic representations of characteristics that humans themselves possess. Whether this is true or not Hera was…

Ptolemy was an ancient philosopher in Alexandria who lived from approximately 100 BCE to 170 CE. While Ptolemy is considered Greek in terms of ethnicity, he is also considered a “Hellenized Egyptian”(http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ptolemy) as he was born in Alexandria, Egypt. There is evidence suggesting that Ptolemy was granted Roman citizenship since his first name is Claudius, which is a Roman name. Many historians conclude that Ptolemy spent the entirety of his life in Alexandria.…

In Greek mythology, it exists creatures and monster that are unexplainable. Those creatures and monsters are myths and histories that ancient Greek believed and lived their lives around. According to those stories, Zeus and Poseidon are two bother considered as Greek god. However, even though Zeus and Poseidon are brothers and both are considered as Greek god according to Ancient Greek mythology, the two differ enormously in how they were threat at birth, their power works, and in how they react…

Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day―St Nicholas Day (6 December Nicholas was born in Asia Minor (Greek Anatolia) in the Roman Empire, to a Greek Family, during the third century in the city of Patara (Lycia et Pamphylia)…

Without a doubt Ancient Greece influenced nearly every aspect of western civilization, from our architecture and literature to even our system of governing. Western cultural continually glorifies Ancient Athens, even when it probably shouldn’t. Some scholars, like Victor David Hansen, claim that the Greek victory against the Persians saved western civilizations. But the question remains, did it really save western civilization? It’s important to keep in mind that all of this is pure speculation.…