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they would require more comfortable clothing. Young men wore a short cloak called a chlamys. The himation served two purposes, mainly for men. It was handy if you were a soldier and away from home, also serving as a blanket on a cold night. In early Greece, men normally had short hair and grew beards. During the Hellenistic era (a time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of the Roman Empire) , beards went out of style. CHILDREN Children normally wore nothing at all, but…

Lights, camera, action! Usually while watching a play or a movie you're more focused on the entertainment value and main plot that you don't stop to think about where it actually originated from. It all started in Ancient Athens where they would celebrate with festivals in honor of their gods. Without this background who knows how theatre would be today. Greek theatre has created a path for modern theatre to build off of. It all began it the 6th century BCE where they would preform tragedy…

Charles Booth Professor Warner Greek Roman Humanities 11-25-2014 Golden Age Architecture of Greece The Second half of the 5th century B.C. was the Golden Age of Greece. During this time frame some of the most beautiful art and architecture were created. This was due to the minds of the scholars that lived during this age. It was also during this period that geometry and its Golden Ratio inspired many brilliant minds to craft some of the most fascinating artifacts in existence today,…

The Persian Wars raged across the Mediterranean in the Early 5th century BCE. There were many long term causes of the war including Persian Imperialism and the Ionians living within the Persian Empire. The short term cause was the actions of aristagoras of the Persian Empire. These factors lead to the out of a war between the Greeks and the Persian Empire which was considered why historians such as trauss to have been vital to the survival of the Western World and its culture. The battle of…

people who have extremely different views can compete for political power. Only certain citizens in Greece were allowed some type of political power. The structure of the American democracy is considered liberal, and the democracy of Greece was considered as liberal. In Greece, any citizen could be in charge of a council for a whole twenty -four hours and be ale to rule Attica, a department of Greece where Athens is the capital. The same goes for the United States. If a citizen was born in…

Sparta was one of the first city-states in Ancient Greece. Sparta was mostly a warrior society and it reached its height of power after defeating one of the other first Greek city-states Athens. It’s culture was customarily centered on loyalty to its state and military service. The population of Sparta was made up of three main groups. The first group was the Spartans who were full citizens. The second group was Helots and they were captive people who were forced to work for the…

Today, I will tell you about my two best types of pottery. These two types of pottery are called the Kamares Ware Jar, which originated from Phaistos, Greece and the Marine Style Jar, which originated from Palaikastro, Greece. These two types of jars or pottery were very popular during the Minoan time period especially within palaces and as based off of research they were the high points or most well known types of Minoan Pottery. The Kamares Ware Vases got their names from where they were first…

Sparta is the superior because of their Geography and Daily Life, Government, and their Cultural Achievements. The first is Sparta Geography was surrounded by mountains and hills. The mountains included Mt. Taygetus (2407m) and to the east by Mt. parnon (1935m). The mountains protect them Spartan city-state was established during the ninth century BC, when several villages near the Eurotas River united.Eurotas River provided much-needed water, while the nearby plains allowed the ancient…

Classical Athens today is viewed as the golden age of arts and literature. Even after Greece being conquered by Macedonia, Parthenon still reminded the greeks of their cultural power with its uniqueness (Conelly). Parthenon motivated the Attalids in the 5th Century when they were faced with conquest by the fearsome Gauls. The Attalids fought…

An individual living in Greece in the 5th century B.C.E would be better off as a citizen of Athens than as a citizen of Sparta. During this time, Athens was swimming in cash. Where did they get all this money from? Athens got all of it from the Delian League. At first the league was created so that if Persia chose to ever attack again Greece would be ready. City-states apart of the Delian League would have to give contributions. This would typically be either money, men, or ships. The dilean…