Art in ancient Greece

Greek defended that was implemented in the Roman navy attack in 2000 century known as "Burning Mirror". The reading disagrees with the possibility of construction of that weapon by Greek people in that time for the following reasons. First, the ancient Greek was not technologically developed to construct this kind of weapon. Because the technology for manufacturing a large sheet of copper as well as the mirror used in that device was not available at that time. In contract with, the lecturer…

is the reason it was difficult for me to pick a sculpture that I really connected with. The one that I particularly enjoyed the most was the Charioteer of Delphi, which is located in the Delphi Archaeological Museum. It is a very famous statue from Greece. It is a sculpture that Rob seemed to be very enthusiastic about, so he passed the appreciation on to my classmates and I. The sculpture was set up at this location to congratulate the victory of Polyzalus in the chariot race of 478 BC. This…

In ancient times, gods and goddesses were very important to the Greek and Roman cultures. The Greeks and Romans believed that the gods controlled every aspect of their lives. Weather, fertility, love, and war are just few of the things the gods were believed to control. Ares, a Greek god, and Mars, a Roman god, were the gods of war. Ares and Mars played very similar roles in the Greek and Roman cultures, but they were viewed differently by the people. Ares, the son of Zeus and Hera, was one of…

Sculptures capture pieces of history in a community. They can be in the form of stone, metal, wood, or even clay. Unlike most paintings, sculptures offer much more depth for the viewer. The nearby town of Danville, Illinois is many sculptures within its borders. One sculpture that comes to mind is the Minuteman sculpture. It is located in front of the west side of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on North Vermilion Street. The sculpture was is credited to many artist; the base was…

The presentation that covered the arts of Athens was informative in the fact that another writer was discussed. Pericles was a similar writer during the time Sophocles was writing about Oedipus. Pericles was responsible for a famous funeral oration that explained important Athenian Values…

The Ancient Olympics was the most religious festival in ancient times held in Olympia, Greece to honor the gods by sacrifice, dedication, and victory. The Olympic games were played to recognize and respect the gods that the Greeks worshipped and they did this by sacrificing their valuable possessions to the gods. On the first day of the Olympics, a sacrifice of one hundred oxen was made to start off the Olympics. Not only did the Greeks devote their lives to Olympic gods but worshipped their…

Within this paper I will be exploring the many diverse aspects of the cult of Dionysus in Ancient Greece along the significance they had throughout its time, and the relevance of this religion in our present-day. This discussion will be divided into three sections reviewing, in order; the origins of the cult, the practices that took place within the religion, and comparisons between the cult with Christianity today. The opening section will address how Dionysus, the great God of wine, came to be…

Argos was believed to be one of the oldest cities in Ancient Greece which dated back to the Dark Ages or even further back in time. It lied on fertile plains of Argolis in the North-East of Peloponnesian peninsula and the city itself was situated around the hills Larissa and Aspis, just north of the Gulf of Argolis which made it a neat location for trade routes both via land and sea. The city was influenced by the neighbouring cities of Mycenae and Tiryns and grew along to become one of the…

The city of Athens lived under forms of radical democracy from 508 to 322 BCE. During those years, Athens was an unwavering example of a prosperous democratic society. This form of democracy was not only giving citizens a right to vote, but putting much more power in the hands of the middle class. Opposite of a republic, Athenian people were governed by themselves and voted together on all issued big or small (Waterfield 75). In the 7th and 8th centuries BCE, Athens changed from being ruled by a…

Does Democracy Really End? Could Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle predict the crash and burn of the Greek empire? Could the Romans accept that all roads would not always lead to Rome? Could the United States government predict if the end was near? Democracy has an expiration date or so democracy did in the past. There has never been a successful democracy that has been able to withstand greed and the hunger for more. The quote, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and…