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Over the centuries, theatre conventions evolved from the highly presentational performances of the Greeks to the extravagance of Elizabethan productions and eventually conglomerated to produce contemporary theatre. The University Playhouse’s performance of Acting: The First Six Lessons expressed this conglomeration of Greek and Elizabethan conventions through elements of presentational theatre, a non-localized set, and a supporting cast that functioned similar to a chorus or ensemble. This…

Roman and Greeks have much in common. Greeks have amazing architecture and art and religious beliefs and drama. Romans took what they learned from the Greeks, and adapted and improved many things. “Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a…

In 1500 B.C.E., the Greeks and Egyptians had a different variety of clothing styles. The Greeks and Egyptians have one thing in common, tradition. Both of the cultures have traditions, shoes, or the decorations they put on themselves to express their culture. In the civilizations, they wore traditional clothing for special events. Ancient Egypt was one of the most studied and best known of the early civilizations. The Greeks used different clothing material to design what they desire as well as…

assassinated in 336 BCE as the new ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great conquered so much territory that he created the largest empire in the world for its time. Because this empire was so large, Greek culture was not simply going to die out. After Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, three of his generals, each Greek, took control of different parts of the empire and spread their culture to their areas, from Egypt to central Asia. To me, the highlight of what came from this was the Alexandrian…

1) Compare the two Greek sculptures in the video. Explain contrapposto in detail. Contrapposto is originated by the ancient Greeks. In the visual arts, it is a term that define a standing human figure is poised, which the sculpture has to look comfortable and natural. For example, put all the body weight on one leg, twist shoulders and arms, bent at the knee, etc. After watching the video, I can tell that the two sculptures have a lot differences, even though they both from Greece. The…

Ancient Greek Civilization: The Golden Age I. Introduction At least 2000 years before Christ, on the Island of Crete emerged the first Greek Civilization. Under the leadership of a general name, Pericles, Greece reached its Golden Age or Classical Period, which was later believed to be among the greatest civilizations ever existed. During that period, the Greek culture flourished and the city-state of Athens became the world’s first democracy. Nonetheless, similarly to others, the Greek…

The Greek classical era sometimes called the Hellenic period was “the period between the Persian Wars at the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.”(). The Greek classical era was a period of war, conflict, and development. The Persians were the greatest adversary of the Greek states. The era was characterized by series of wars between Athens state and the Persians. Also, there was rivalry and mistrust between Athens and the other members of the…

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…

the Etruscans, who adopted their alphabet from the Greeks. This alphabet later spread throughout the western world; people today are still using the lett The Romans had a tendency to adopt religions from many cultures that they conquered. The Romans readily adopted the Greek gods into their culture, though they changed their names. For instance, Venus is the goddess of love in Roman culture, but in Greek culture her name is Aphrodite. The Greeks and Romans frequently wrote about and created…

Roman’s adopted many parts of the Greek culture as their own. Starting with their religion, they took the Greek’s gods and renamed them. First, The Capitoline triad was introduced during the 6th century B.C. The first being Jupiter who was the roman equivalent of what the Greeks knew as Zeus. Then Juno, Who’s Greek equivalent was Hera. and Minerva resembled the Greek goddess, Athena. Later, towards the end of the 5th century B.C., many more gods from the Greek religion were introduced. Diana,…