Peloponnese

vast power and wealth of the Mycenaean’s is most evident when viewing their palaces, which contained endless artifacts of weapons, jewelry, and other objects made of gold, bronze, lapis lazuli, and other precious stones. Excavations conducted in Peloponnese in Southern Greece revealed the remains of a Mycenaean palace. excavations of elaborate pottery, figurines, mosaics, and sculptures revealed that the Mycenaean Civilization had a class system in place, and of course the most elaborate and…

Cyrus the Great is one of the most successful empire builders of all time. Most conquerors of that time were known to defeat civilizations and strip people of money and goods by violence and then enslave most of them. Cyrus on the other hand “would rule through persuasion and compromise rather than force and humiliation”. He treated leaders with honor and respect. Cyrus even permitted deported people to return to their homelands. Unlike most conquerors that forced their people to practice the…

Typically, the Late Antique period is seen to be characterized by decline in the towns of the Roman Empire. This period did see major changes in the urban landscape of many areas as administrative power accumulated in the hands of the imperial bureaucracy and many towns were reduced in size. Churches were becoming an intrinsic part of every city. Even the centers of power were shifting within the empire. This does not mean that empire was solely in decline, but rather the towns and cities of the…

Tyrtaeus was a Spartan poet from around the middle of the seventh century BC. His identity remains unknown. In Ancient Greek stories, he was variously speculated to have been a poet sent by Athens to help the Spartans, a lame schoolmaster and composer, and a Spartan general. Some scholars even doubt his existence. Nonetheless, fragments and four of Tyrtaeus ' elegies remain. Despite this few number, Tyrtaeus is the main source of evidence for his period of Spartan history, during which Sparta…

It has always been a dream of mine to compete long distance races at the Olympic Games. With that in mind, I hadn’t thought about the origins of distance racing at a competitive level. Without the Greeks’ establishment for the Games, the modern Olympics may never had been created. Certainly the ancient Olympics, first foot races need far more attention than they receive. A large part of the Greek education was a healthy body and a competitive spirit and so that organized one of the first…

The time of the Ancient World, from the Mesopotamians through the Ancient Greeks, was a period of growth and discovery. Civilizations were expanding and becoming stronger from the 21st-century B.C.E. up through the 5th-century B.C.E. One of the biggest aspects of civilization is the concept of friendship and the loyalty between those friends. Friendship can grow from loyalty and loyalty can grow from friendship but they do not necessarily need to be related. Communication is a must in order for…

I was often annoyed when the soldiers would argue in the midst of a battle. I would think to myself, ‘This is a BATTLE, just throw your spear!’. I believe Patroclus is the one to reprimand Meriones because Patroclus is cool-headed and wise beyond his years. He came as Achilles’ companion, and was there to help him overcome his anger. He may be a weaker fighter than his friend, however, he is a stronger person because he is wise enough to ignore words and put his faith in actions. Save the air in…

War and Morality: Thucydides and Herodotus Jaylin Swan As I read both excerpts of Thucydides and Herodotus, I could tell that they had conflicting ideas about the question, “Is war good or bad?”. When I first thought on the topic, I was leaning more to the good side, but I re-read my notes and both excerpts and realized that I agreed with Thucydides’s argument; war is actually bad. Not only for the two nations that are fighting in the book, but for all nations and the…

Greece is located in the southern part of Europe in the Mediterranean. There is two large peninsulas, Chalcidice and Peloponnese, that is projected and shapes the formation of the country Greece. The history of this country was founded by the “Indo-European peoples, including the Mycenaeans, began entering Greece about 2000 B.C. and set up a sophisticated civilization” (Greece). From December 1944 to October 16, 1949, the Greek civil war happened and the Communist guerrillas conceded defeated.…

The Spartans of the Peloponnese are well renowned for their courageous and war like attributes of their men with society. The Spartans thrived on the well balanced economic, social and political structure of their nation, which provided them with a civilization of physically strong individuals, who were both soldiers and citizens, that were constantly prepared for the prospect of war . Sparta now had a state of eunomia as a result of Lycurgus, the Great Rhetra, whom established this ancient…