Archaic Greece

small town called Skopelos Town, part of Sporades Islands in Greece. I’m guessing I want to travel to Skopelos because it was the movie was filmed there and they have all these technologies to make it brighter. But after researching it, many people travel to Skopelos during the holidays to see for themselves and seems that it’s even better in person than on a television screen. No matter what, it’ll be worth it just even traveling to Greece. With many researching to do I discovered that the…

The Olympics originally started as a series of competitions between representatives from cities in Ancient Greece. The events were mainly athletic, but also included combat and racing. The Olympics were held every four years and this period, known as Olympiad, The winners were also immortalized through the construction of statues. The Olympic Games reached their peak in Ancient Greece during the 5th and 6th centuries BC. Various attempts were made to revive the games during the early 1700’s…

Three ancient orders of architecture the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric order originated in western Greece. It is the simplest among the other orders, it can be seen as being short, faceted, heavy columns and no base. The Ionic order came from eastern Greece. It can be distinguished as being slender, fluted pillars with a large bases and two opposed volutes, a spiral or scroll-like ornament. The Corinthian order is by far the…

Ancient Greeks worshiped a polytheistic and anthropomorphic pantheon of gods making those two characteristics of myths. First, they worshiped this kind of pantheon because of an early belief of spirits. Secondly, it is in order to explain natural phenomenon in Greek’s culture and finally, in order to explain things in life that are not familiar to them. Firstly, the early beliefs of Greeks revealed that they believed in magic and in spirits (Lecture 1). Effectively, they believed in spirits…

Aristotle was a famous philosopher. He was widely revered and sought out for information. He lived from 384 to 322 B.C. People often liked to judge him based on the terms of his philosophical influence, even today, he is known as one of the feared and revered philosophers. Platos, was one of his few peers, which is special since we often don’t hear of such famous philosophers having many peers. Aristotle has been stated to shape the history of philosophy and is still studied today, due to his…

Located off North Carolina’s coast in the Beaufort Inlet lies shipwreck 31CR314. The submerged wreck was first discovered by Intersal Inc. (a permitted private research firm) divers on November 21, 1996. Initially sighted were some of the ships multiple cannons, and anchors. The divers were using information provided by Intersal’s founder Phil Masters. Former Intersal Inc. Director of Operations Mike Daniel used the historical accounts to assist in the location of the wreck. The site’s…

Lucian of Samosata is well known to be the Supreme Ancient Greek Satirist and one of the most famous satirists in European history. He was born at Samosata (Samsat), a small town in the Adyman Province of Turkey on the Euphrates during the Ancient Roman Era. When Lucian was 14 years of age, he began working on his uncle’s statue shop as an apprentice sculptor. When he was on his early apprenticeship he accidentally broke a marble by striking it too hard with his chisel and his uncle gave him…

All throughout ancient history we find influences of humanism. Whether it be in everyday life, thoughts, actions, words. As we look back in history to the Greeks, and those of the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras, we find that many individual thinkers and philosophers shone through their new ideas and thoughts. Many of these philosophical thinkers shaped our learning today. I believe that, during the greek times, philosophers were influenced by humanism. The philosophers of these days used…

was in Corinth — when The Isthmian Games were held featuring musical, equestrian, and athletic competition." All of Greece came to Corinth to witness The Isthmus Games which featured competitive events of foot races, horse races, chariot contests, jumping, wrestling, boxing, and throwing the discus and javelin. Founded in 776 B.C the Games were the chief athletic contest in Greece and held every four years. I find no documented record of how many days the original games were but after almost…

The history of the Olympic Games is a good example of showcasing the amateur-professional divide. When the modern games as we know them were revived in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and the International Olympic Committee at the International Athletic Congress. Enforcing amateurism was central to Pierre de Coubertin’s vision for the Olympics. Competitors at the first Olympics in Athens in 1896 were all wealthy, white, aristocratic men. It is important to look at the Olympics when researching the…