Acropolis

used to decorate the fine pottery. Throughout many cities all over the Greek world celebrations in honor of deities took place. The Panathenaic games were one of Athens most important festivals. With the day of games, citizens would go to the Acropolis, the great temple to Athena. Amongst all…

marbles deserve. The return of the marbles would “ restore organic elements” and “cultural property” (Merryman 1985,1881-1923). "They are the symbol and the blood and the soul of Greek people ... we have fought and died for the Parthenon and the Acropolis ... when we are born, they talk to us about all this great history that makes Greekness ... this is the most beautiful, the most impressive, the most monumental building in all Europe..."(Merryman 1985,1881-1923). I believe this alone can…

There are a lot of limitations to these sources, such as that there is little real evidence of what life in 5th century Athens was really like except for artefacts that have been kept in the British museum and crumbled ruins. Parts of the acropolis are able to be found in the museum and some are left standing in Greece today. However it is almost impossible to depict the stories of the buildings as they are terrible damaged but from close observations stories have been carefully pieced together.…

During the time of the Athenians back in the fifth century, stereotypes were prominent amongst men and women, specifically amongst time of war. Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a comedic play during the Peloponnesian War that is ripe with these stereotypes, providing further insight into the timeliness of human sexuality, desire, and the war of the sexes. The traditional role of women and their appetites during this time period was humorous compared to the duties of men. Women enjoyed parties,…

Today is the day! The group and I have at last touched base in an unknown ancient city located in Turkey to start inspecting the site I discovered a couple of weeks back. My objective of this trip is to figure out how this ancient civilization used to live. This city has numerous captivating locales that will lead me to my disclosures of this ancient human progress. A couple of essential locales in this city that I will be investigating are The Theater, the Bouleuterion, The Temple of Aphrodite,…

Pericles is a fearless leader. The dictionary defines a leader as a person who leads. A leader also is a guiding or directing head, as of an army or political group. Pericles successfully lead a military, built a a democracy, and built many cultural projects. With all of his successes, 446 to 429 BC, have been called the Age of Pericles. Pericles was born in 495 BC in Athens and lived until he passed in 429 BC because of the plague. In 461, he ruled Athens until the day he died. According to…

Zoe Becker Global Period 3 3/10/16 Throughout history there have been millions of inventions that are still used in today’s times. Many inventions have been reincorporated into life now. There were many ancient civilizations that have made history, but there was one main society that had a great impact. For most of us, architecture is easy to take for granted. It is everywhere in our daily lives. Ancient Greek architecture continues to be a major influence throughout the…

becoming the patron of Athens. Athena had to take part in a contest against Poseidon to become the patron. The people of Athens asked them to devise a gift for the city. Poseidon used his trident and struck the Acropolis and and a saltwater spring began to flow. Athena then touched the Acropolis with her spear and a olive tree appeared. The people decided that Athena’s gift was more valuable and made her their patron…

example of this is the Luxor Temple and the Egyptian Opet Festival to rebirth and a renewal of energy to the deities and monarch. And in Greece, a yearly of festival called Panathenaea was held on the Acropolis…

Various Greek writers credit Daedalus with inventing the axe, boat sails, a big maze called the "Labyrinth," statues that depicting people with separated legs and hands, and of course, fake wings for humans. At one point, he throws his nephew off the Acropolis after the poor kid invents a few contraptions that are cooler than Daedalus'. After this incident, Daedalus is forced to leave Athens and finds himself in crete. Second of all, I would like to analyze Ivan Markovitch in the story “A…