Ancient Greek philosophers

Ancient Greece was a very influential period for Europe and other parts of the world too. Ancient Greece from 800-150 BC was a very influential period for the Greeks. From around 800-500 BC they discovered many new different art styles and encountered many different forms such as architecture, pottery, sculpture. This period in ancient Greece is known as the Archaic Period. During this period the Greeks had discovered many new political enhancements. They were enlightened with the idea of a…

According to Ancient Greeks, a tragic hero is a protagonist with a fatal flaw. Because of this fatal flaw, the suffer through a downfall and it eventually leads them to their demise. Aristotle, who was a great philosopher of Ancient Greece, had a lot to say about and had a certain perspective of a tragic hero. He believed that they must have the five characteristics in order to truly be a tragic hero. The five characteristics are basically known as “Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero.” The…

In the story The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is a self-centered warrior who feels as if he will never face defeat. Odysseus’ men are also selfish and constantly make decisions based on the well-being of themselves and with total disregard for others. However, throughout their journey amongst the many islands of Greece, they learn to be more humble and they realize that life isn’t always about winning. Odysseus and his men learn to be humble by making mistakes, having bad consequences, and…

There is a six century gap between my oldest words, ‘monument’, to my youngest word ‘synchronization’. When this time span is put into perspective this gap does not come as a shock. Monuments have been built since the beginning of time. Their purpose is to commemorate and immortalize important people and significant events that have happened in history. For instance the Great Pyramid of Giza was built to serve as a final resting pace of a pharaoh. The Parthenon in Athens, Greece was once a…

Dreams, visions, and oracles have not always been the most reliable sources of information, yet time and time again it is these materials that have been used in order to understand the world and it’s relationship the humanity. All of these mystical sources of information have had a very heavy influence on how people of past civilizations have approached the events in their lives, and as such these sources have also become important tools used to interpret historical knowledge, for they provide…

It is fitting to begin a study on how modern English speakers describe aspect in Ancient Greek by exploring how the ancient Greeks described this concept themselves. In the Platonic dialogue The Sophist, the verb is defined as “the word indicating action,” or simply the action word. Aristotle defines the verb as “a sound compounded with meaning and indicative of time”. A verb, according to the Greeks, describes action, from which we can deduce further that it has a subject, and it indicates…

Great served as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. During his time of leadership, he united Greece, reestablished the Corinthian League and conquered the Persian Empire. Alexander The Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C., in Pella, in the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Alexander The Great died of malaria in Babylon, Iraq, on June 13, 323 B.C. Alexander The Great's parents were King Philip the second of Macedon and Queen Olympia. His siblings were Philip III of Macedon, Cleopatra of…

Humanism in Greek Free Standing Sculpture Humanism is the outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters (Oxford Dictionaries). Humanism is a philosophy in which human dignity and human value are most important. Humanism began in Greece around the 5th century BCE with the philosopher Protagoras. Protagoras once stated “Man is the measure of all things” he believed that man should set the standard as opposed to gods. Humanism to the…

Kingdom was destroyed in the late 8th century in Athens which was a significant city state of the Greek world. The last king (basileus) Kodros was overthrown and an aristocratic administration was established. Thereby, community of nobility called areopagus which was once consultant of the king acquired both legislative and juridical power. As for the executive power, it was given to three archons (namely, government officer) which were selected from nobility for one year. Number of archons was…

had managed to pull success from these unlikely scenarios. Alexander was born on 353 BCE to the parents King Philip II and Queen Olympias in the city of Pella, the wealthy capital of the kingdom of Macedon. According to the writings of the ancient Greek biographer Plutarch, Olympias, on the eve of the consummation of her marriage to Philip, dreamed that…