El Greco

Xenophon captures the Greek world at the end of its oligarchic glory. His work, affectionately referred as “fussy” highlights the essential pieces that brought the decline of the hoplite warfare and an end to its ethos. The definition of autonomia changed following the beginning of the fourth century B.C.E. The role of the citizens no longer encapsulated the wellbeing of the community, but rather their wellbeing through the community. The question of the day became “what can my polis do for me?”…

The Greco-Persian Wars was a serious conflict between the huge empire, Persia, and the city-states of Greek. The direct cause of this war is the Ionian revolt. When Darius the Great (the ruler of Persia) came into power in 522 BC. Many cities were under the Persian control. Ionia was one of the cities. In 499 BC, Ionians started a rebel against the Persians. The Ionians had an early success. However, the army and the navy of the Persian were too powerful. The counterattack of the army and the…

In the next chapter of the book, Herodotus focuses on the Persian war against Scythians and becomes fascinated with their unique warfare. The Scythians were the people of Indo- European origin who invaded Media, revolted against Darius and threatened to disrupt the Persian trade network along the Black sea. Darius commanded his army to prepare for war from all sides of his kingdom though his brother Artabanus warned him of attracting Scythians because of the difficulty of finding them (Herodotus…

An implication of amateur wrestling becoming a more spectator sport the USA, which is a change in the nature of wrestling, has lead to athletes form all over the world going and competing is tournaments in America to win price money. Also as wrestling is continuing to be watched on TV, such as the fight network, has seen wrestlers get sponsors. This has impacted wrestlers as they can now support themselves financially. This is a positive economic impact on people involved in wrestling.…

Coming out of the Greek Dark Age, the lands of western Asia Minor appear to have been inhabited by a variety of peoples. This includes Greek settlers from main land Greece. These are grouped north to south as the tribes of the Aeolians, Ionians, and Dorians. Eventually, these cities came under the control of the Persian Empire. There were various conflicts and rebellions from time to time. As trouble continued, it culminated in an all-out invasion of Greece in 492BCE. (McInerney, 1998) In…

Tuesday November 21st was the Central District All-Star match which was held at Bexley High School this year. To compete in the All-Star match, the competitors must be invited. Those invited are often accomplished wrestlers who are highly ranked in their district. They wrestle one match against another talented wrestler from the central district. Every wrestler from a lower division school must wrestle a division one athlete. Each match is three periods with only one minute in each period. With…

The Battle of Marathon began in the year 490 BC. The Greeks and the Persians first encountered each other on the plain of Marathon. This plain is only twenty - six miles from Athens (Hanson). The Greeks defeated the Persians at the end of this battle. The Battle of Marathon was the most influential battles on modern day politics, literature, and language. The battle is seen as a turning point in history. If Marathon had gone the other way, civilization would not have the language, literature,…

Since the first revelation of a piece that was considered as an “artwork”, many styles have been developed throughout the centuries. Artworks have been engendered by different artists in sundry styles, time periods and places. When artists or theorists invents an incipient set of conceptions of an unknown style, it can now be utilized by anyone, sundry times. Once an artist engendered an artwork utilizing a concrete style, another artist can re-visit it as the reference to engender a different…

famous temple, the Temple of Deir el-Bahri. Knowing how people felt about queens ruling as kings she took that chance and brought her people far. Gender non-conformity, Hatshepsut crossed many boundaries such as: switching from Queen to Pharaoh and, as well as changing her looks to fit her role as Pharaoh. Hatshepsut herself has many achievements one of such as ruling with no man and being an…

Points and moved us out of the barrio in south El Paso. Since we were still very poor, he could not afford the monthly payment on the mortgage, and so he moved us into the basement, while he rented the house to an Anglo family from Ft. Bliss, a military base. Next, he and his friends from the warehouse built an apartment in back of the house, and we moved there for a couple of years. Meanwhile, my brothers and sisters attended the better schools in El Paso. Years later, we moved into the house…