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Treatment of Slaves in Athens was respectfully fair. The first slaves appeared during the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age was one of the first stages of Ancient Greece, it began in 3300 B.C. Slaves were considered properties of their owners, they could be traded or sold, but they couldn’t be killed. Slaves had no political rights, they couldn’t vote or own property. There were many different fields of work for slaves and they were useful in many different places depending on their skill level.…

The wisdom of goddess has many talents. She is known to be the founder of wisdom, civil life, arts, and crafts, strength, mathematics, skills, law, and justice, inspiration, strength, and courage. Her name is to be known as Athena who is the daughter of Zeus. Her mother's name is Metis, Athena had many siblings that Zeus offspring with his other wife's. Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Porus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Muses, Hebe, Hephaestus, Graces, Dionysus, Minos, Ares, Apollo, and Perseus.…

Research Paper of the High Classical Period The High classical period of Ancient Greece was an astounding Greek period still marveled today through wonders of the world. The period was influenced by the earlier periods, the Early Classical and Archaic periods, and helped structure later periods, the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. The High Classical period integrated and combined their culture, social standards, and political propaganda into their artworks and architecture. Ancient…

represented in different ways within our society . Nike was known as ‘’Victoria’’ that means victory to the Romans. Nike flew around battlefields and rewarded the victors with glory. She was one of the city gods and she has a temple of honor on the Acropolis at Athens. Nike was in a war with…

The blind poet, Homer, brought about the worldwide known epic poems called The Iliad and The Odyssey in the 8th century; which narrates significant events of the Trojan War, Greek siege of the city Troy and its fall. These epics started a monomania for historians, archaeologists and others to contest and contend whether or not there was a historical Trojan War. There are many differing opinions on the subject matter, though it seems that the scenario of Homer's epic poem being loosely based on…

In the Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata, is satire that not only links sex and politics in ancient Greece, but also shows the faults of the Athenian democracy and the relationship between men and women. In straight forward terms the play Lysistrata shows the struggle to come to a solution to ultimately end the disastrous Peloponnesian War. More Specifically the need to understand why the women were so essential to end the Peloponnesian War is vital in the play. Thus, the author constructs a vision…

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halikarnassos, regarded as one of the seven wonders of the world. The structure was likely one of the first buildings constructed at the newly founded Priene and is situated at a natural rise in the landscape with the acropolis looming above it. Like most of the architecture still standing at Priene, the temple was constructed from marble taken from a nearby quarry. This site’s main features included an open-air altar and a large temple of the Ionic order. The temple…

Pantheon and Parthenon's columns and capitals, builders, usage, architectural systems, and their original purpose. The Parthenon was finished in 438 BC, and was originally built as a temple to the goddess Athena in Greece at the Athenian Acropolis(Diffen.com, n.d.).The Pantheon was built in 126 AD, nearly 300 years after the Parthenon,…

Alexander the Great was one of the first military geniuses. He took over most of the known world when he lived, and all before he was 32. He conquered the Greeks, the Persians, the Egyptians, and more. He created a vast empire that only crumpled after he died. Most people think he was a great hero, but in reality he was a villain and one should not display him as a hero. Alexander the Great was a villain because he killed people to prove a point, took revenge when it was not needed, and killed…

classical period about 430bce - 406 BCE. Athena was selected to be the god of Athens after she won a match by planting an olive tree. Erechtheus was a god from the Iliad that gave up his daughter to win a war for Athens. In the background we see the acropolis with the temple of Athena Nike in the front then to the left of that we see the propylaia, the picture gallery, then behind that we see the Parthenon, and finally in the far back left corner we see the Erechtheion. On the left side of the…