Art in ancient Greece

In ancient Greece during the Archaic period, youth and athleticism were highly valued when creating statues. Both Kroisos, from 530 BCE and the Kritios Boy, from 480 BCE were both nude and had some form of muscular features sculpted onto them. However, the Kroisos has a stiff posture and is realistic while the Kritios Boy is more naturalistic and shows the first form of contrapposto. Both the Kroisos and Kritios Boy are made of marble and have muscular features carved onto the bodies. They…

Spartans lifestyle was controlled by Sparta’s government. This is often notorous compared to modern lifestyle. Sparta was a state of warriors. Sparta’s government used to play major role for Spartan’s fate. After the messian war in 730 BCE,Sparta conquired it’s neighbor Messenia and messenians(Used to call Helots) became slave of Spartans. Messenia’s land was distributed among Spartan warriors who participated in the war and Helots were assigned into farming and other shameful…

to Athena and the Pantheon to all of the gods .They had been reused for many purposes. There are several features that were common in Greek architecture are visible in the engineering of the Roman Pantheon. These temples are legacies are tribute ancient world. Both are well-preserved architectural and the greatness These temple remains standing due to the ingenuity of the architectural construction. In conclusion, each of the two buildings symbolizes the architectural advances of the two early…

The Athenian government consists of a Democratic government. In theory, a Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Taken from that theory of the Athenian Democracy, the “people” referred to men over the age of 18 who were born from Athenian parents. Men ruled the government, where they were able to vote and make political decisions regarding the country. Women, foreigners and slaves were not allowed to participate in the government at all. The United States…

The Muslims had many achievements due to the fact that they were much inspired from Greece, Rome and India. They also took up a lot from the people whose lands they took over.Which is why they became so advanced due to their tolerance of other cultures. They advanced to the highest level in several scholarship areas of that time making the Muslim achievements stand out and have a lasting impact on world cultures. How the Muslims got to those achievements they made and how they impacted the world…

The Roman’s adopted many parts of the Greek culture as their own. Starting with their religion, they took the Greek’s gods and renamed them. First, The Capitoline triad was introduced during the 6th century B.C. The first being Jupiter who was the roman equivalent of what the Greeks knew as Zeus. Then Juno, Who’s Greek equivalent was Hera. and Minerva resembled the Greek goddess, Athena. Later, towards the end of the 5th century B.C., many more gods from the Greek religion were introduced.…

"It acquired its name from the giant bronze statue that Nero had commissioned of himself to resemble the Colossus at Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." The Romans used different materials in building this amphitheatre. They made concrete by mixing volcanic materials with stone, sand and limestone. Other materials used were marble, travertine, tuff, tile, bricks, cement and lime. These materials were “very durable, as is shown by the present condition of the blocks in the…

made in 1956 directed by Robert Rossen. 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…

It was based on a polytheistic religion with twelve gods and goddesses. The highest mountain in Greece, Mount Olympus, is where they were believed to have lived. The five most important were of the following: Zeus, father of the gods; Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts; Apollo, god of the sun and poetry; Aphrodite, goddess of love; and Poseidon,…

Greece’s innovations particularly in the areas of inventing and government has definitely made a significant mark on today’s society thus showing Greece is not truly dead but most certainly alive. Us humans have made Greece stay alive after all the years the actual ancient and modern day civilization fell apart. When thinking about Greece people mostly think of their inventions. Greece’s creations is still alive and has influenced our ways of culture we have today. Architecture is one of the…