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managed to pull success from these unlikely scenarios. Alexander was born on 353 BCE to the parents King Philip II and Queen Olympias in the city of Pella, the wealthy capital of the kingdom of Macedon. According to the writings of the ancient Greek biographer Plutarch, Olympias, on the eve of the consummation of her marriage to Philip, dreamed that…

he was a king. He was also a king that used military genius to unite the Greek city-states. He did so by changing the traditional military strategy. He used pikes that were 13 feet long and his formation was changed to be more forceful. He also used a catapult of sorts to be able to get past the walls that some Greek city-states were protected by. He used gold and silver from his conquests to move farther. He united the greek city-states except for Sparta. He was also a lenient conqueror that…

Historically the Romans actually followed the Greeks until they defeated them in 146 B.C.. Their idealistic differences are well known when comparing artworks. While the Greeks are more focused on God's and power, Romans use their art for decoration depicting reality and beauty. Romans were more likely to sculpt a well-known fit emperor while Greek sculpted an unrealistic beauty of what they imagined. Romans luxurious objects consisted of metal…

The two statues that I chose are from the Hellenistic period of Greek art. During the Hellenistic period of Greek art. Many artist were inspired by the artistic styles from the past. Artist of the Hellenistic period didn't focus so much on the intellectual and rational side of art like that of the classical period. Instead they focused more on fantasy and dream state of the subject. This often caused the art to have somewhat of a sexual overtone to them. The male statue that I have is a…

Dr. Ng, Thank you for your insights about Greek Epigraphy. I am very glad to hear from you that you are an epigrapher. I need to learn about it from you. Inscriptions were generally moved from their steady place with a reason of reusing the items in other constructions, and most probably, because of some catastrophic phenomena, such as earthquakes, battles, fires, and rebels, inscriptions had damages, and so the walls were reused with no historical reason. Historians need to interpret on…

Address the question of how Greek democracy ended. Based on this week story reading understanding that I have learned and understand about the Legacy of Athenian Democracy. A Greek democracy season that starts following their downfall of Athens, I think Spartans play a big roll to provide a chance to the Athenians to substitute the government of the Thirty Tyrants with a new democratic system. The tyrannies had been a destructive and bloody disappointment, and have a Spartans support…

philosophical, scientific, and artistic. Like in the Helladic period, these achievements made what the Western European Culture is today. In 776 BC is when the first Olympic Games were held. The religion grew and developed for 1000’s of years. The Greeks believed in myths or folktales. They had Olympian Gods and Goddesses such as Poseidon,God of Seas, Zues, King of Gods, and Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. They believed and thought about these Gods and Goddesses. Athens became the birth place of…

Artwork • Roman paintings took on very comparable kinds of Greek/Hellenistic times due to the fact maximum Greek artists and craftsman we’re added to Rome. Roman paintings took styles of its very own, but not much of the paintings have survived. • Many, paintings had been vivid and really colorful and were often painted on wet plaster. The artwork was very conscious of element hair, pores and skin, garb and many others. • Romans started to apply what they might call “Trompe L’oeil” or trick of…

There are many people throughout history that were given the title “Great”. Alexander the Great is one of those people; in fact, his name is so popular it’s practically a household name. Was Alexander of Macedonia really “great” like everyone says he is? I say, yes, he was Alexander the Great. During his time as King, Alexander led many conquests. His father, Philip II of Macedonia had dreams of conquering the Persian Empire which was the largest empire at the time. When Philip was murdered in…

of Chaeronea. During the battle, there was a gap in the formation that would have allowed the enemy to attack, but Alexander saw it and quickly went to fill it with the calvary. This quick action helps the Macedonian army win the battle and defeat Greek allied city -states which gave his father Philip II control over most of Athens ( documentary). This would become one of his many military victories. His victories included the battle of Tyre. After the victory at Issus against the Persian…