Ancient Greek

The ancient greeks became known for their perfection in art During the classical era they developed their own style that historians would later call the Severe Style The greeks from the Archaic Period made sculptures of men called Kouroi and women called Korai These statues had similar features and stood stiffly with their arms at their sides During the classical period, greek artist began to sculpt people in more relaxed postures and even in action scenes The most famous works from this era…

Ancient Greeks worshiped many gods and goddesses. Myths are like stories that teach lessons or tell how things came to be. The Greeks worshiped gods and goddesses such as Hera. Hera is the goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, and family. Her Roman name is Juno, all gods and goddesses had Roman names and some planets were named after them. She was born, lives, and usually found on Mount Olympus. Hera had a very large family, her parents were Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was the god of time and Rhea…

The Greek gods were very important in Ancient Greece. I chose to write about who I think are the three most important gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, their wives Hera and Persephone (sans Poseidon’s wife), and Mount Olympus, their meeting place. Zeus is the king of all the Greek gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus, and one of the Twelve Olympians (most important gods). He controls the weather and can order arounds any god or mortal but cannot control the Fates (the three goddesses of destiny,…

A polis was an urban city-like community in the classical Greek era. The polis has several interesting features, which include political, artistic and religious interactions. Firstly, the polis itself is the centre where political power is exercised, originally through the household of a king, or later on, through the assemblies for either oligarchies or democracies. This constitutes one of the beginnings of an open process of decision making in the state, even when the decision making group is…

Ancient Greece was divided among several hundreds of city-states called poleis. Among all these poleis Athens and Sparta were the most significant, influential, powerful and largest states. Some other states were Sikyon, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Mykenae, Delphi, Olympia etc. Different states were ruled by different government systems such as: oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny, democracy, aristocracy etc. A monarchy is a rule by one king whose power was hereditary. Monarchy started in ancient Greece…

Women in Ancient Greece played a more crucial role in day to day life than the ways that they are described. Popular opinion views ancient Greek life as a male-centered culture in which women served a role just to bear children and keep house; however, research shows that women were not as dependent on their partners as they are depicted. Women actually tended to branch off into the public sphere and form their own relationships with other females, which benefited the status of her family…

Question: Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power, typically through elected representatives (Oxford Dictionary). Athens’ constitution is called a democracy because it allows the interests of all people in the system of government not just minority. We have known that the democratic…

Ancient Greek theaters were one of the corner stone’s of ancient architecture to modern architecture. The influence that the ancient Greeks had on other cultures architecture is astounding giving their lack of resources and materials. The vast beauty of how the theater evolved is something incredible. We will see how the Greek theater started and how much it actually changed over time. Also we will get a look into one of the famous ancient Greek theaters; Delphi. The first recorded Greek…

Ancient Greek history must be one of the many important things that I say must be taught in any general school. I feel that the classics must at least be brought up in a middle and high school history class so that when these students reach their college career level they know more than who was president and who won what war. Many may say that the classics that may have been a fraud, but how does that explain all the proof of these wonderful hand painted vases, the wonderful architecture, the…

Greek deities were renamed and given warrior-like characteristics and philosophy transitioned into Roman thought. Stoicism taught the sovereignty of Reason and Divine Providence that guarded the virtuous; this philosophy prevailed in the intellectual Roman…