Apollo Belvedere

In the cycles of the art world, artistic styles progress over time and new innovative techniques embody an era, but the past periods never truly fade from the mind of the artist, hence periods like the Renaissance, a rebirth of an older era of art. However this retrospective obsession with art can meddle up an art history timeline if a statue is not properly dated to the correct era. This is case the regarding the Piombino Apollo, a statue found at sea in 1832 with a complex history of study where it eventually made its way to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. The statue looks extremely archaic, like a kouros, but some more advanced stylistic evidence on the statue contradict the earlier claim regarding an archaic date and places it in a later Hellenistic one. The…

In Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two sides, immortal and mortal, place blame on one another for the chaos that unfolds on earth. Human nature entails acting on impulse to serve personal agendas, the gods of Olympus are not exempt from its effect and may be major parts of its existence. Homer depicts the gods as divinities that are similar to humans in that they indulge in the same practices, are subject to the abstract beings of Greek mythology, and are in constant interaction with each…

Homer’s Illiad is an adventure nonfiction piece that was meant to convey the tremendous amount of causalities faced during the time of the war. While reading Homer’s Illiad this epic piece connected with life issue in many ways, and was a piece that was very diverse. Of course, with war comes death, but let not death be in vain. In today’s world soldiers have risk their lives’ and many have died due to the battle of the war. The war that changed this nation’s view is the war in Iraq, which was…

16. What contribution did Plotinus make? He was the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy. 17. What new works appeared during the Greco-Roman Age? Name them and their authors: Parallel Lives of Illustrious Greeks and Romans by Plutarch Sophists’ Banquet by Athenaeus of Naucratis Daphnis and Chloe by Longus Erotocritos by Vitzentzos Cornaros Required Reading: Greek Mythology: 18. Who wrote the "Theogeny"? What was it about? Who were Gaia, Uranus and the Titans? How did…

Ganymede can even be considered one of the luckiest of Zeus’s lovers since he was not killed, but became immortal and supplanted Hebe –Zeus and Hera’s child– as cupbearer in Olympus. Another famous myth portraying homosexual relations is the myth of Apollo and Hyacinth. In this myth, we appreciate a consensual relation between the god and the mortal, who at his death is transformed into the hyacinth flower by the god. If we compare Apollo’s relation with Hyacinth and Daphne, we are able to see…

Introduction: Apollo was one of the most powerful gods in Greek mythology. There was only one other god who was more powerful his name was Zeus. Zeus, otherwise known as “Jupiter” for the Romans, was the supreme ruler of all gods, he was the god of weather (Day, 24). Apollo had a twin sister named Artemis, who was the goddess of the moon and the hunt; they were the children of Zeus and Leto. People do not know whether Apollo was based off of a real person. It is said that he would have…

they had to wait a little long which gave the trojans longer time to get prepared. So they made earth timber stone wall they covered most of their island just in case of a attack so they could protect their ships. Later they decided they would send out some ships less lost best then more lost is always a better option and a smarter one too. After the war and the casualties of troy and all the thousands of deaths they trojans headed back to troy and returned to their kingdom with the gods…

Over the years, the Greeks produced dozens of myths involving the gods, as well as mortal heroes. Though it seems that these myths solely entertain the public, they also showcase the Greeks’ personal and cultural values. The myth “Apollo and Daphne” speaks of a god and a nymph, who were both struck my a Cupid’s arrow. Apollo was struck by an arrow, which caused him to become infatuated with Daphne, while Daphne became repulsed by all things related to love. After, quite literally, being chased…

is known to the audience. The audience knows something is up with the tortoise and Hermes; his gentle tone is far too sweet and kind to actually be true. Thus, when he reveals how he kills the tortoise inside his home and turns the tortoise into an instrument, the audience is not surprised. However, it is not until later that the result of Hermes’ lie is revealed. All that is known is that he now has an instrument. While music is generally thought of as a beautiful thing, it is not necessarily…

There were many different places that had different timing to holding these events. Usually one happened every season. In Athens, one happened every season. They had plays and games and singing which they had awards for the best person. They had the Olympic Games every four years in the summer and winter, which were separated by two years. The Olympic Games were held to honor Zeus and the Pantheon. Plays were very common in festivals and most of them were for religious, or humorous…