Ancient Greek

As ancient Greek culture was afraid of the unknown, of what could happen after death, they feared a monster that could lure you in with promises of hope and then drag you into the great unknown. The idea that something so beautiful could end so horribly could horrify people of any century. I hope that these facts of Sirens throughout history will be both horrifying, as they were interesting as they were for me. In many stories Sirens were once beautiful women, and while their parentage can be…

With all of these gods and goddesses to worship one might find it interesting that in ancient times Greeks had no shrines or sanctuaries devoted to public worship. Instead they performed their worship beneath the vast canopy of heaven, in the temple of nature. Believing that their divinities where located above the clouds. Sanctimonious worshipers sought the highest points accessible, to place themselves in the closest communion possible with their gods. Summits of high mountains were ideal for…

The Greek World The ancient Greeks laid the foundation for many aspects of today’s Western civilization. In philosophy, they embraced critical thinking and self-examination to answer age-old questions about human existence. The first school for higher education was founded by Plato in Athens. Politically, democracy became a new form of government that placed governmental power in the hands of common citizens. In literature, they wrote poems, plays, historical, and educational documents.…

Ancient Greece as one of the most well-known ancient civilizations in history has a lot of unique aspects that attracts historians. And the main reason that Ancient Greece amazes historians is that a lot of inventions or ideas are still being till this day in the 21th century. With the unusual structure of city-states due to geography, each region have developed different types and have formed different government structure. For this reason, each region in Ancient Greece can have its own…

Oh Mighty Greeks! The Ancient Greeks from the Greek Golden Age (c.a.480-430 B.C.E) up to the culmination of the Classical Style during the Hellenistic Age (323-30 B.C.E), were able to build one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. We all have probably heard stories from the Ancient Greeks in our lives, but no until we research and study in depth their culture, one cannot fully understand the magnitude of the legacy of their classical culture. Due to the Ancient Greeks influence in…

Coming out of the Greek Dark Age, the lands of western Asia Minor appear to have been inhabited by a variety of peoples. This includes Greek settlers from main land Greece. These are grouped north to south as the tribes of the Aeolians, Ionians, and Dorians. Eventually, these cities came under the control of the Persian Empire. There were various conflicts and rebellions from time to time. As trouble continued, it culminated in an all-out invasion of Greece in 492BCE. (McInerney, 1998) In…

realized it or not. From Samarians to ancient Egypt all the way to Greece. Even in todays world we still use the government structures that man made thousands of years ago. Ancient Greece has several governments. The issue was that ancient Greece was not one signal city or empire but instead a series of cities called City-States with their own independent governments. Even though many of these city states shared the same religion and did in fact speak Greek each in many ways had its own…

Who are some of the ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses? Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus are just a few of the many that are known. Who were their parents and what is the story of how each of these Gods came to be? The parents of the gods were Cronus and Rhea. Together Cronus and Rhea had six children. Cronus was afraid that his children would kill him the same way he killed his father. So to stop this from happening he ate each of his children after they were born. When the sixth…

Ancient Greece went through many types of governments throughout its history. The five mentioned are monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. Now, in a broad sense, most of the city-states transitioned through all these, in this order. However, this was not consistent, and all systems of government were in place during the history of Ancient Greece. We will start by discussion the first type of government, monarchy, and move from there. (Brand, n.d.) Monarchy, according to…

Sports were a large part of ancient societies, as well as modern societies. Two of the civilizations that influenced our modern day sports were ancient Greece and ancient Rome. While both civilizations created and participated in a variety of sports, they are not exactly alike, even though they were very close to being the same. They share some similarities, but they have many differences too. Sports were very important to the ancient Greeks. As a result, they basically created our Olympics…