Mycenaean Greece

The first Olympic Games were held in Greece, Olympia, from seven hundred and seventy six BC through three hundred and ninety three AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The ancient Olympic games went for five days in summer ever four years. Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek myth, is the island of "Pelops. Olympia functioned as a meeting…

Skolopendra was a gargantuan whale-like creature that lived in the Aegean Sea. It sat, waiting to be caught by a fishing line or to destroy a passing ship. When this sea creature was caught on a fishing line, it would throw out its stomach to release the hook and then swallow its stomach again. However, if it was caught no one would have enough courage to look at it. This creature with many legs and crayfish-like tail was normally of a neutral behavior, but when provoked by a boat or another…

The ancient Olympic games were named after Olympia, a sacred site located on the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. The site is sacred because it was a meeting place for religious and political activities. Because of this, the games were continuously held here. The stadium could hold thousands of spectators and additional sites were built for the athletes to train and live in during the time of the games. The games were held every olympiad, which is every four years.…

small town called Skopelos Town, part of Sporades Islands in Greece. I’m guessing I want to travel to Skopelos because it was the movie was filmed there and they have all these technologies to make it brighter. But after researching it, many people travel to Skopelos during the holidays to see for themselves and seems that it’s even better in person than on a television screen. No matter what, it’ll be worth it just even traveling to Greece. With many researching to do I discovered that the…

The Olympics originally started as a series of competitions between representatives from cities in Ancient Greece. The events were mainly athletic, but also included combat and racing. The Olympics were held every four years and this period, known as Olympiad, The winners were also immortalized through the construction of statues. The Olympic Games reached their peak in Ancient Greece during the 5th and 6th centuries BC. Various attempts were made to revive the games during the early 1700’s…

Three ancient orders of architecture the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric order originated in western Greece. It is the simplest among the other orders, it can be seen as being short, faceted, heavy columns and no base. The Ionic order came from eastern Greece. It can be distinguished as being slender, fluted pillars with a large bases and two opposed volutes, a spiral or scroll-like ornament. The Corinthian order is by far the…

Ancient Greeks worshiped a polytheistic and anthropomorphic pantheon of gods making those two characteristics of myths. First, they worshiped this kind of pantheon because of an early belief of spirits. Secondly, it is in order to explain natural phenomenon in Greek’s culture and finally, in order to explain things in life that are not familiar to them. Firstly, the early beliefs of Greeks revealed that they believed in magic and in spirits (Lecture 1). Effectively, they believed in spirits…

Aristotle was a famous philosopher. He was widely revered and sought out for information. He lived from 384 to 322 B.C. People often liked to judge him based on the terms of his philosophical influence, even today, he is known as one of the feared and revered philosophers. Platos, was one of his few peers, which is special since we often don’t hear of such famous philosophers having many peers. Aristotle has been stated to shape the history of philosophy and is still studied today, due to his…

Located off North Carolina’s coast in the Beaufort Inlet lies shipwreck 31CR314. The submerged wreck was first discovered by Intersal Inc. (a permitted private research firm) divers on November 21, 1996. Initially sighted were some of the ships multiple cannons, and anchors. The divers were using information provided by Intersal’s founder Phil Masters. Former Intersal Inc. Director of Operations Mike Daniel used the historical accounts to assist in the location of the wreck. The site’s…

Lucian of Samosata is well known to be the Supreme Ancient Greek Satirist and one of the most famous satirists in European history. He was born at Samosata (Samsat), a small town in the Adyman Province of Turkey on the Euphrates during the Ancient Roman Era. When Lucian was 14 years of age, he began working on his uncle’s statue shop as an apprentice sculptor. When he was on his early apprenticeship he accidentally broke a marble by striking it too hard with his chisel and his uncle gave him…