Athens

creatures that were half horse and half man. The battle is meant to represent the battle between civilization and barbarism and was a popular subject in Greek art. This supports how the Parthenon, not only was just a mere building, but a message to Athens and those around them about the type of people that they were. This must have had an important impact on the people and how they acted if their most prized temple was telling them of the importance of civilization and…

In September 480 BCE, under the leadership of Pericles, began the reconstruction of Acropolis, the ancient citadel of Athens, after it had been attacked and ravaged by the Persians. The centerpiece of the reconstruction program became the Parthenon, a remarkable marble peripteral temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos and designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates. Construction began in 447 BCE, when the power of the Athenian Empire was peaking, and was completed entirely by 432 BCE. The architecture of…

beautifully built and its history is rich. The Athenian temple stood tall and proud until Athens decided to anger the great Persian Empire. Athens was basically in ruins and had to be rebuilt. The reconstruction of Athens included the Athenian temple. When the Persian wars ended, Athens was thrust into a new age. The Golden Age marked a magnificent time for innovation and new temple of Athena. The Golden Age of Athens, which was part of the Classical Period of Greece, was not a peaceful…

Persia had ceased in 479 BCE, Athens found themselves following a new leader, an Athenian statesman, Pericles, who had a fervent interest in advancing Athens. Under Pericles’ leadership, Athens experienced a period of time in the 5th century where they were regarded as the cultural, intellectual and commercial heart of the Hellenic world. Their hegemony and superiority contributed to the creation of a Golden Age, a valid title, which is currently embraced by historians. Athens flourished with…

cities by comparing and contrasting Ancient Athens, Greece and Manhattan, New York. These two urbanizations are both examples that display how much the urban grid and the programs within a city have changed over time. Although the city of Manhattan has advanced greatly contrasting the Ancient Athens polis, there are some common characteristics between these two urbanizations as well. One example includes the grid that organizes these two cities. Both Athens and Manhattan have a clear…

Introduction The Athenian playwright Aristophanes created the play Lysistrata during the Peloponnesian War in 411 B.C. Aristophanes created plays that symbolized his own opinions and views on topics affecting him and other Athens. The play Lysistrata describes Aristophanes views of the Peloponnesian War and the possibility of peace through uniting the forces of the Greek women. The play contains the themes of humor and sexuality, but the straightforward expression of war in the play describes…

honours to the gods. These honours were paid in the form of sacrifices, offerings like works of art, money and other valuables to the gods’ sanctuaries, and festivals of songs, dances, prayers, and processions. For the first eight days of every month, Athens honoured the gods through a festival; on the third day Athena’s birthday was celebrated, Artemis’ birthday being celebrated on the sixth day, and her brother Apollo being honoured the next day. The Acropolis, which was reconstructed by…

1. The Ekklesia makes reference to the Athenian assembly, with Ekklesia literally meaning ‘assembly’. The assembly consisted of all the adult male citizens in Athens. It was these men that governed by making the laws of the time. Unlike Spartan democracy, any citizen was allowed the opportunity to propose a new laws or wanted debates, however they were not allowed to vote. The quorum, which refers to the minimum number of members of a specific deliberate assembly, consisted of 6000 men, whom…

take the classic example of Athens and Sparta. Athens was much more concerned with knowledge and democracy. While Sparta was much more focused on strength and power. Both civilizations were flourishing and powerful. But they were very different in the way they went about life. This would go into the idea of what would make someone a good citizen. The definition of a good citizen from Athens to Sparta are two very different thing. One could assume that a good citizen in Athens would be a male who…

deconstruction of the old Mycenaean economic and social structures with the strict class hierarchy and heredity rule were forgotten, and eventually replaced with new socio-political institutions that eventually allowed for the rise of Democracy in 5th c. BCE Athens”(Sakoulas,7). The Mycenaean strict ruling was forgotten which was then replaced with democracy later on. Democracy allowed Greece to move forward. Finally the last period before the Golden Age of Greece, the Archaic Period, was a…