Pantheon

The Greek gods were very important in Ancient Greece. I chose to write about who I think are the three most important gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, their wives Hera and Persephone (sans Poseidon’s wife), and Mount Olympus, their meeting place. Zeus is the king of all the Greek gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus, and one of the Twelve Olympians (most important gods). He controls the weather and can order arounds any god or mortal but cannot control the Fates (the three goddesses of destiny,…

The historians Herodotus and Thucydides, in their lives and works, both exemplify and challenge certain ideals of fifth century Athenian/Greek culture and thought. While it is dangerous to try to claim that either is a perfect symbol – or a complete antithesis – of the spirit of Greece, it is through this balance of exemplifying and challenging ideals that they can both be said to symbolize this Greek spirit more than not. Herodotus both exemplifies certain aspects of fifth century Greece but…

What role does gender play in the book????In both Exodus and the Code of Hammurabi, authority is grounded in masculine Gods and male leaders, which structures their society in a way which automatically places men at a higher advantage? status? how male figures influence society in life? society? When comparing and contrasting Exodus and Hammurabi, it is important to note how the ideas regarding gender roles manifest in both texts. In Exodus, while God’s gender is never explicitly said, he is…

Not much is known about the first two dynasties in comparison to what is known about the last dynasty (McIntosh 2014: 26). The old kingdom began in the 3rd dynasty in 2686 BCE and during that time period the first pyramids were constructed (McIntosh 2014: 26). These pyramids contained gold originated in Nubia, which they traded for timber with the people of Byblos (McIntosh 2014: 26). During the Middle Kingdom, more or less 2040 BCE, Upper- and Lower Egypt were reunited under Mentuhotep II…

Hadrian soon came to rule as a new Augustan age. In 123 he began to style himself Hadrianus Augustus, purposely evoking the memory of his great predecessor, he announced a golden age on his “coinage”. He completely rebuilt the Pantheon, which had been destroyed by fire in the reign of his predecessor. He’s also known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia. It’s not clear if he returned to Rome in 132 or a little later. He went to Palestine, but…

The stories of the Christians being fed to the lions could have been fueled by the insanity of Christians to willingly die according to the pagans. It would be hard to argue that Christians were tossed to the lions for being Christians because most surviving accounts and evidence comes from Christians. The small Christian population at the time would have reason to exaggerate the truth in a empire surrounded by “bloodthirsty” pagans calling for the lions. The Christians being apart of the lower…

The customary event marking the beginning of the Early Middle Ages is the “fall” of the Roman Empire. It is interpreted that the beginning of the Early Middle Ages is not one dramatic event, but of several long-term trends, including the unadorned economic decline of the later Roman Empire and the incursions and settlement of Germanic peoples within the West. For the next five hundred years, Western Europe remained essentially a primitive culture, elaborate culture of the Roman Empire was never…

Marissa Alicea Modern Worlds Midterm Paper ARCH 4140 Prof. Kalipoliti Fall 2015 In The Belly of an Architect, Stourley Kracklite’s obsession with Boullee’s architecture blinds him from the things that are essential to his success as an architect and his happiness. As a result, he thinks his wife is poisoning him, rather than the cause of his cancer being due to other factors. He sees Caspasian stealing his exhibition and neglects that he’s stealing his wife. His idealism of Boullee’s…

Have you ever wondered how a building goes from an idea to an actual unique structure? Who are the masterminds behind these masterpieces? They are called architects and Filippo Brunnelesco and Norman Foster are a couple of the most famous architects in history. Architects are very important to society and to the world, whether it was in the 1400’s or the 1900’s. Brunnelesco was and architect, inventor, and painter, he changed the world in several different ways. Foster was a British man who is…

this centralization it is no surprise the arts of all forms were also focused on portraying and exemplifying every fascist of death, from paintings in tombs to the hieroglyphs in pyramids all walks of life are portrayed in death. Egyptians had a pantheon of gods representing all aspects of life, the one synonymous for the underworld was Osiris. As reported by an Egyptian myth it is said that Osiris was killed by his brother Set who violently hacked up his body and discarded it into the Nile…