Mycenaean Greece

MMA started at the Olympic Games in 648 BCE. it was called “pankration” which was the training of greek armies. Pankration was one of the most popular sports in ancient greece. In pankration you could punch and kick and you had no gloves. The winner of the fight was deemed complete power over his foes. It was a very deadly sport that consisted of punching , kicking and grappling your opponent. There was no mat or octagon. You fought outside in the dirt. It took months of practice to be able to…

What is epigenetics? “Epi” translated from the Greek language means “on top of” or “over”. Meaning the word epigenetics shows that certain genes will be displayed over/before others. (2) Epigenetics is the study of the phenomenon that certain genes could be expressed within an individual whilst others are suppressed. This is the idea of being able to change your phenotype without affecting/changing your genotype in any way. (1) There can be a great many things that will influence epigenetics…

Ryan Beale Professor Jennifer Strickland PHIL 1301 4 October 2017 Logic or Magic: What do you Believe? Throughout history, there have been many philosophical ways of life that were meant to enlighten their followers. From the Sophists, to Socrates, to Plato and his teachings, and to Aristotle’s teachings, philosophy advanced rapidly around the 6th century BCE. However, I will focus on the Epicurean and Stoic way of life. Although both ways of life have positives and negatives, though thorough…

Unit 1 Assignment Greece was divided by the dominance of Sparta and Athens during the Peloponnesian War. “The Peloponnesian War pitted against each other two Greek states that were antithetical in nearly every respect.”(Hanson) Sparta was made of small settlements of and allies and became a military state. Athens had more citizens than Sparta whom had an army of about only 10,000 men. Both Athens and Sparta believed they had advantages over each other in the war between the two, which broke out…

Political Anatomy of Athens (Apr., 2007), Josephine Crawley Quinn looks at both sculpture types, Herms and Kouroi, relationship between them, roles of representations of male body in promoting and reinforcing the political ideals, democracy, in archaic Greece (Quinn, p. 83). The sculptures with different types and styles signified the different culture and political ideas of the certain region in that era. The article further discuss on connection between the herms and fifth-century Democratic…

Zain Argumentative essay Mr Dicare ll/30/15 Rome had a bigger impact on the Mediterranean than greece, do to the innovations made in the past that is currently used today. There were some impacts that greece made but rome had more impacts on the mediterranean. These innovations are similar to the things we use today. Rome had laws, religion and many other impacts. Rome had laws that protect the rights of the people.This is similar to the bill of right that we use today. Religion in Rome had a…

During the fifth century, Greek has direct conflict with the Persian Empire, the struggle known as the Persian Wars (500 – 479 B.C). In 480 B.C, ten years after Darius’s defeat, his successor Xerxes sent a big naval and military force to subdue Greece. After being famously delayed by Spartan troops under the leadership of king Leonidas at the Thermopylae, the Persian army succeeded in capturing and burning Athens, but the Greek fleet lead by Athenians defeated the Persian navy at the battle of…

The Classical period of ancient Greece is known for the flourish of scientific, political, mathematical, and artistic innovation. The Classical period extends from the late 6th century to 4th century B.C. During this time the people of Greece saw a move towards naturalism compared to the art of the Archaic period that preceded it. Sculptures grew less stylized, instead they focussed on replicating the human form as seen in life. Depiction of figures on vases also became naturalistic; however,…

Not very many people know that the Olympics were an important part of Greek history. No other country had anything like it. The Ancient Olympic Games were an important and interesting part of Greek history because it influenced Greek art, it affected Roman relations with the Greeks and it inspired the Olympics today. At first the ancient Olympics were only held for one day, but in 472 b.c., it expanded to five events (Middleton 2). The ancient Olympics began in 700 b.c (Middleton 2). The…

The word music is of Greek origin, but there is no way of knowing exactly what Greek Music sounded like. All information we have about Greek music comes through the writing of philosophers and scholars, depictions of instruments in Greek art works, and few dozen fragments of stone and papyrus inscribed with musical notation. Like our music today Greek music was mixed or combined with poetry, music, and dancing. Greek music also, played a big role in religion like gospel music plays…