Alexander the Great Essay

Gum is a chewy candy like food that people are able to chew but not eat. It can be sweet, minty, or sour. Gum is a candy that is very well known in today's societies. But little do people know gum has been around longer than they think. Gum has been around since ancient greece and many people from ancient greece would chew on bark and sap off of Mastic tree bark. But people in ancient greece weren't the only people to chew forms of gum. There were people like the mayans, Eskimos, and even south…

Archimedes was born in Syracuse on the Island of Sicily. He was born in 287 BC to Phidias and was believed to be somewhat related to the king of Syracuse, Heiro II. He is famously known as a mathematician, inventor, engineer, and astronomer. He went to Alexandria and studied at a school established by Euclid. He later returned back to Syracuse and spent majority of his life solving mathematical problems and making new inventions for the king. In 212 BC, Syracuse was overtaken by one of…

the concept of theater architecture. Examples abound throughout the Greek world and many theatres have survived remarkably well. One of the most celebrated is the theatre of Dionysus Eleutherius on the southern slope of Athens’s acropolis where the great plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes were first performed. Overall you can find Greek theater influence throughout…

their followers and receive sacrificial offerings. The followers in each religion dress in their best garments when visiting their place of worship. Music is an important component in both religions, and the gods and goddesses along with God show great appreciation for animals. Sprinkling water on people holds significance in both cultures and represents purity. The stories behind the deities in Ancient Greeks possess similarities with the stories in Christianity and similar religions in modern…

During the hellenization of Greek culture the thriving diversified performance left the spectators estonished. The spread of Greek culture began in 3rd century BC. With the performances starting to happen this created a profound affect of society which would soon encourage Latin literature at the highest quality of work. Roman drama began in 240 BC with the players of Livius Andronicus. With this into play it would soon beat the gladiator fights and chariot races. Following the expansion of the…

Greek periods also called Ancient Greek was full of fascinating pottery and there was the Hellenistic era which has the history of Alexander the Great. During those eras there were a lot of painting on pottery and there were a lot of figures being painted for representing people instead of animals or goddess, those paintings on the pottery is mostly stories from Greece past and their tale for others to learn and to explore the beauty of being painted on pottery. Most of the potteries could be…

get honor. He even tells Achilleus to “Go home then with your own ships and your own companions, / be king over the Myrmidons. I care nothing about you”(1.175-176). Agamemnon would rather have honor than his best warrior. His blindness pursuit for great honor will hurt the Achaians greatly. The Iliad reflects the value of honor to ancient…

Greece vs. Persia The Classical age through the Hellenistic period was a time where politics, economics, and religion flourished throughout Europe. Two important empires during this time period ere the Greeks and the Persians, whose significance increased significantly after the Greco-Persian war. The politics and economics of Persia and Greece were different, but the religions were similar because they worshipped anthropomorphically, had an altar system, and weren 't strongly practicing…

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…

Over the years, the Greeks produced dozens of myths involving the gods, as well as mortal heroes. Though it seems that these myths solely entertain the public, they also showcase the Greeks’ personal and cultural values. The myth “Apollo and Daphne” speaks of a god and a nymph, who were both struck my a Cupid’s arrow. Apollo was struck by an arrow, which caused him to become infatuated with Daphne, while Daphne became repulsed by all things related to love. After, quite literally, being chased…