Ancient Macedonians

INTRODUCTION: PUTTING THE ANCIENT ART OF GREEK INTO MODERN LIMELIGHT, This paper seeks to analyse the ancient art of Greek art and consequently interpret the same for modern day scholars. STYLISTIC ANALYSIS HYDRA WATER JAR The body of this elegant vessel was made of hammered bronze, it is unsual for its thin walls to have survived the intact over a period of 2500 years.Typically only the heavy cast bronze handles and foot survives. Hydra were a three handled vessel used to carry water. Bronze…

Starring in the film is Richard Burton, Fredric March and Claire Bloom. The film relates to the textbook in Chapter 4 “Ancient Greece” and Section 5 “Alexander and the Hellenistic Age” explaining the empire of Alexander the Great. Also explaining how Alexander takes Persia and how Philip II conquers Greece. Alexander The Great takes place in 338 B.C., when Athens fell to the Macedonian Army. Philip II planned to take over Olynthus, but then is told his wife had a son named Alexander.…

foundation bricks to modern civilization laid. In a surprisingly simultaneous manner, many of the great philosophers flourished in different regions of the world, such as Confucius, Buddha, Lao Tzu. That time was also a time of the greatest ancient empires ( Romans, Macedonians, Thracian Empires) which cultivated culture, spread knowledge and tried bold legal frameworks to rule the cities. I see it as if the soil of the world was ready to nurture the seeds of new ideas that will be seeing crazy…

Greeks and Roman were civilized on the Mediterranean Sea, similar enough latitudinal for both to grow wine and olives, but with very different terrain. Ancient Rome was an inland country where they were separated from the Tibet River. Unfortunately, the Italic Tribes lived on the other side did not have the hillside to keep the Romans out. However, Ancient Greece was separated by the hilly countryside which allowed them to be city-states with high elevation called acropolis. The goal of the…

mosaics have decreased in use from their peak in the ancient world. However, this does not diminish the importance and beauty of mosaics, but rather allows modern societies to admire an art form that it is unfamiliar and exotic, with many intricacies that are not at first obvious. Commissioned mainly by the rich, mosaics grew and spread across the ancient world with many different varieties and styles being developed. Mosaics in the ancient world required incredibly specialized artisans and a…

and many engineering feats enabling such an army with horse and elephants to pass, Hannibal emerged from the Alps into Northern Italy late in November of 218. “As for the animals, when they fell and struggled to rise they broke through the lower layer of snow, and there they stayed with their loads, as though frozen to the earth, because of their weight and the congealed state of the old snow”. The pure skill and intelligence of Hannibal is truly illustrated in this battle. When he came out the…

artifact provides a unique story that have been qualified through numerous amounts of research, archaeological digs, among other sources. However, objects provide a very challenging discourse. In the world of Ancient Greece, the application of coins proved to be an asset to the Ancient Greeks and have transcended to the likes of international currency in modern times. The coins of Alexander the Great were the embodiment of such an important asset. By tracing the biography of such coinage, the…

There is a plethora of historical figures in history, but some of these figures are more acknowledged and discussed about than others. The Macedonian general, Alexander III, also referred to as Alexander the Great, is one of the more prominent historical figures. There is no question that Alexander is famous for his undefeated streak during his military campaigns. However, many historians are in constant debate over whether or not Alexander was truly a military leader that deserved to be a…

of civilization. This paper will compare and contrast the five forms of government in the ancient Greek city-states. Monarchy Monarchy comes from two Greek words “monos” meaning single and “arkhein,” meaning rule. In this form of government the ruling power comes from a single person, usually a king, and a council of advisors. This occurred around 2000 to 1200 B.C. Under this form of government in ancient Greece, the king ruled with a powerful army which he used to impose taxes, and enforce…

Plays began to become important in ancient Greece and two types of plays which were written and performed were comedies and tragedies. A comedy, in ancient Greece, was usually a play that marked or made fun of a certain topic, person, or group of people. One famous comedy writer was Aristophanes. He wrote the plays The Birds and Lysistrata. A tragedy, in ancient Greece, usually dealt with a moral or social issue, human suffering, and almost always ended in disaster. Three famous Greek tragedy…