Ancient Greece

tell, there was a certain prominence to the food of the Greeks. Most people in Greece dined on bread and wine with olive oil. Cheese, lentils, chickpeas, cabbage, apples, figs, and almonds were also popular. The Greeks possibly ate more fish than most other Mediterranean people at the time. Meat was only eaten on holidays. For dessert they would eat cakes with honey or yogurt with honey and walnuts in it. The ancient Greeks were also known for their…

Greece and Mesopotamia are two very different civilizations. One difference was the government. Greece was the first democracy in history while Mesopotamia had a theocracy. Another difference was the fact that citizens had a say in government in Greece. Now while that ties into Democracy at the time no one else had thought of anything like it. However, even though they were different these two ancient powerhouses did have some similarity. One similarity was th belief in more then one god. At one…

Out of all the places a person could think up, ancient Greece by far has the most history and culture. We even include a lot of Greek heritage in our everyday lives. From their fun, to say alphabet to their stories told in art, ancient Greece is the place to be. Every day we learn more and more about how they lived. We learned the different life styles men and women had, the power they had over slavery, and how important sacred vows were when made between two. Men and women both lived two…

Ancient Greece was superior to Rome when it came to art. Greek sculptures goals tried to produce an ideal artistic form, while Rome produced realistic portraits, mainly used for decoration. Roman’s did a lot of mosaic pieces or wall paintings. Greece made a great deal of different sculptures using stone and marble. The Greek and Roman governments had a few similarities ,but were still quite different from each other. The social classes of Greece were: slaves, freedmen, metics, citizens, and…

The death rituals in Ancient Greece were some of the most interesting aspects in this society. The ceremonial rituals surrounding death during Ancient Greek society were not only incredibly important to the people, but were also one of the most honorable practices someone could do to remember a person. Death rituals represented the passage to the afterlife and how the ritual was carried out determined how the person would thrive in the Underworld. Just like in Antigone, women had the privilege…

Greek Mythology. This is no surprise given the great collection of mythic statues coming from ancient Greece. In addition to mythology, the Greek artists also took great inspiration from Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Studying the sculptures of Ancient Greece in chronological order allows one to see the series of historical influences on which each period based their works. The most common themes throughout ancient Greek sculpture are mythology, military, human form and posture, the female form, and…

Greece is home to the first advanced civilizations in Europe and has one of the most ex-tense histories of any country, it is considered the framework of Western society. Greece was first consolidated under Philip of Macedon in the fourth century BCE. His son Alexander the Great conquered great amounts of the ancient world, spreading Greek culture and science from the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus River. Today Greece is a democratic and developed country with a developed high-income economy…

not afford slaves. Thus, it seems that these great civilizations lived different from one another. Despite their differences in lifestyles, one comparable attribute of Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt would be their religion. Both civilizations practiced a polytheistic religion which meant they believed in more than one god. Ancient Egypt was ruled by pharaohs. Pharaohs were the highest level in the Egyptian society and were considered close to the gods. Egypt’s version of polytheism would be…

The importance of educating students about Ancient Greece lays in the Greek’s impacts on today’s world in terms of literary works, scientific and philosophical advancements, and political configuration. Though Ancient Greece has many long-lasting cultural effects on today’s education, the literary works that Greek philosophers and writers have created still teach children morals and are even used for other educational purposes. For example, Aesop’s “The Hare and the Tortoise” is a well-known…

Hunter Scheerbaum Unlike most ancient civilizations, Greeks and Romans expanded their empires successfully through their military powers. Even though military power was what brought these two civilizations to existence, that power later brought them to turmoil and down fall. Greek people thought that they were the superior empire because of there military. Military success became an issue when relationships were started through military power. Athens was in control of international trade and…