History of Greece

Hippocratic oath g - created in Greece by Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine. m- taken by physicians in modern times and pertains to the ethical practice of medicine. democracy g - the word is derived form Greek and means popular government m- the model for our government marathon g-The event is named after the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens. m- a sport still practiced today. citizen g-While citizenship…

accommodate 5000 spectators in its 35 rows of seats, which were built during the Roman and Hellenistic periods. The theatre was used for plays, poetry readings, and musical events during the festivals that took place in Delphi. Delphi, which is located in Greece…

city-states were not united until King Philip II of Macedonia united them with his kingdom. Subtopic: A Plan to Win Greece-Macedonia was a land that lay North of Greece. The Macedonians raised sheep and grew crops in the river valley. Their army fought on horseback, and around 400 B.C. became a large empire. In 359 B.C. Philip II rose to power in Macedonia. The new leader had lived in Greece as a young man and was still obsessed with the Greek culture, which is why his kingdom was influenced…

Among the five Ancient Greek cultures highlighted in the textbook, the culture of Athens is most appealing to me. The Athenian government, specifically democracy, use of sanitary systems, and the belief in the importance of art all play into its appeal. Though the other cultures had their merits, none fit me as well as Athens. Athens was not always ruled by a democracy, for example, the benevolent dictatorship of Pisistratus and the harsher dictatorship under his son Hippias. However, once…

is the reason it was difficult for me to pick a sculpture that I really connected with. The one that I particularly enjoyed the most was the Charioteer of Delphi, which is located in the Delphi Archaeological Museum. It is a very famous statue from Greece. It is a sculpture that Rob seemed to be very enthusiastic about, so he passed the appreciation on to my classmates and I. The sculpture was set up at this location to congratulate the victory of Polyzalus in the chariot race of 478 BC. This…

The Ancient Olympics was the most religious festival in ancient times held in Olympia, Greece to honor the gods by sacrifice, dedication, and victory. The Olympic games were played to recognize and respect the gods that the Greeks worshipped and they did this by sacrificing their valuable possessions to the gods. On the first day of the Olympics, a sacrifice of one hundred oxen was made to start off the Olympics. Not only did the Greeks devote their lives to Olympic gods but worshipped their…

Even though both men, played a huge role in ancient discovery, I believe Sir Arthur Evans discoveries were the most beneficial and helped us learn the most about the Aegean civilization. Through his findings, historians have been able to uncover more about these ancient civilizations. I choose Sir Arthur Evans for a couple of reasons. First, he discovered the the ancient capital of Knossos by digging up a palace. This finding allowed him to name the civilization Minoan. This was the…

The statehouse is built in the Greek Revival style which is a design type based on the buildings of Ancient Greece. This was popular in the US from 1820 through the early 1860s. It’s a masonry building consisting of Columbus limestone on the exterior which was taken from a quarry on the banks of the Scioto River. I chose to describe the architectural elements of the back side of the statehouse. Looking at the portico at the center of the building, the top contains the pediment space. The sima…

The portico was surrounded by an agora (a square for people's assemblies), the territory of the temple, palaestra, which existed in every Greek city. Everywhere on the slopes of the hills there are stone theaters - the most notable were built in Delphi, Dodona, Oropos, Priene, Pergamum and Syracuse. A universal distribution of the Ionic order became popular in the temple architecture, especially in Asia Minor. The reconstruction of the temple of Artemis in Ephesus continued, a magnificent temple…

backward in quadrennial units (Miller 2004, 20). The main concern with trying to figure out the origin date is if it is accuracy for the emergence of Greek athletics. Scholars have looked for the origin in older cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt as Greece had large, influential contacts in the Bronze Age (Miller 2004, 20) .The art of both Mesopotamia and Egypt show evidence of sporting activities, but the sense that these competitions are not the…