History of Athens

The Parthenon situated in Athens, Greece was built in 447 BCE and was built as a monument to the goddess Athena, to whom the ancient Greeks attributed their success in the Persian wars. The building was meant to stand as a symbol of Athens’ wealth and power with the outer, larger temple housing a statue of Athena and the smaller, inner room used as a treasury. While the Parthenon was built in celebration of a single god[dess], the Pantheon in Rome was built to honor all the Roman gods. Built…

Imagine winning any type of race just by a sixth of a second and winning the tournament through that. It won’t just leave you astonished but also fills you with joy. This situation occurred in The Boys in the Boat, the life story of Joe Rantz and his fellow crew members on their journey to win the Olympic gold medal in the year 1936. The dominant theme supported by the book was teamwork and measured self-reliance. The continuous change in the setting also contributed to the themes. These two…

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World inspired awe and fascination during their time. They are impressive structures. They all took a lot of time and effort to be built. One of the significant wonders seven wonders is the statue of Zeus. The impact on Zeus is he wore a wreath around his head and held a figure of Nike, the winged goddess of victory in his right hand. These seven wonders all had a special reason for being constructed. This could have been a big achievement for Antipater.…

Jean de Dieu Kamiri Professor: Steven Shoemaker Phil 1301 01/31/2018 Title: Thales and Anaximander my Admired Thinkers of Pre-Socratics Abstract: Thales and Anaximander are the most the first original Ionian philosophers, during the 6th century B.C. they were active in Ionian colony in Asia Minor called Miletus (modern-day Turkey). These thinkers are traditionally the first Greek thinkers on record. They attempted to give details the source and arrangement of the globe in a normal way. They…

Greeks and Romans are two major influential cultures for the U.S to use as a blueprint for our government and how the things in our day to day life will work but this paper is not about how the way they influenced the U.S no ; this paper is about how they have influenced me. Let's start with the Greeks and then move from there; one major thing is there gods and goddesses. It was a day in fifth grade and we started talking about the Gods and Goddesses of Greece little did I know this would spark…

On the west slope of Mt. Helikon, below the acropolis of ancient Steirion, atop an ancient temple to Demeter2 lies the monastery of Hosios Loukas (See Fig. 1). It is enclosed by a wall and comprises two- and three-story blocks of cells, a bell-tower at the South West corner, the Refectory on the South side and the two adjoining churches at the center of the enclosure. The monastery was founded by the hermit Loucas Stereiotis, who lived in the area from 945 CE until the day of his death, in 953CE…

The Greek Olympic Games were very important to Greek mythology. Lots of people know about these games, but most people have no idea what made it popular, why they came up with it, and what events there were. What made the games so popular? Well, for one, the men competed so they could get fit for military purposes. It was a very religious festival, and people came to worship Zeus and other gods. Almost 50,000 people came each year and some stayed outside the stadium even, when there was a…

Pastra mountain. It close to Athens, about 1hour far. Its altidute is 1.409 meters and the top is called Profitis Ilias (Prophet Elijah). Due to this it is covered by forest and doesn't have alpine parts. It has several pine forests at lower elevations and a fir tree forest, around the top. Its name comes from the ancient king of Plataea. The most famous villages of the mountain is Plataea and Erithres. These villages and the mountain are the natural borders of Athens and Thebes. From the…

There is one issue that all ancient Greek art historians and archeologist agree on. That issue is that the reason why the Parthenon frieze cannot be correctly solved is that there is no ancient literature or sources that appropriately archives the context of the frieze. Without contextual evidence, the intertextuality of the subject matter corresponding to the Parthenon frieze becomes ambiguous to the modern viewer. Modern academics can only conceptualize and speculate about what the images of…

Ancient Olympics The ancient Olympic games signify much more than athletics. The games represent a much bigger idea of peace and religion. While the athletics played a part in the games, the idea that people of Greece can come together without fighting for a while to compete in games to honor Zeus played another part. Men from all over Greece, in top physical condition from training for months in advance, traveled to Olympia to try and bring pride and fame to the town which they hail from. The…