Plague of Athens

Today, I will tell you about my two best types of pottery. These two types of pottery are called the Kamares Ware Jar, which originated from Phaistos, Greece and the Marine Style Jar, which originated from Palaikastro, Greece. These two types of jars or pottery were very popular during the Minoan time period especially within palaces and as based off of research they were the high points or most well known types of Minoan Pottery. The Kamares Ware Vases got their names from where they were first…

My sport is called Trampoline. In this sport gymnasts perform acrobats while jumping on the trampoline. They do stunts such as 360 spins,front flips,and backflips. All these moves could be done in 3 ways. The 3 ways are tucked,piked,and straight. Tucked is when your knees are clasped to your chest with hands. Piked is when hands are close to touching feet and arms and legs are pointed straight. Finally,straight is when your body is straight and your legs are close to each other while your arms…

The Parthenon situated in Athens, Greece was built in 447 BCE and was built as a monument to the goddess Athena, to whom the ancient Greeks attributed their success in the Persian wars. The building was meant to stand as a symbol of Athens’ wealth and power with the outer, larger temple housing a statue of Athena and the smaller, inner room used as a treasury. While the Parthenon was built in celebration of a single god[dess], the Pantheon in Rome was built to honor all the Roman gods. Built…

Imagine winning any type of race just by a sixth of a second and winning the tournament through that. It won’t just leave you astonished but also fills you with joy. This situation occurred in The Boys in the Boat, the life story of Joe Rantz and his fellow crew members on their journey to win the Olympic gold medal in the year 1936. The dominant theme supported by the book was teamwork and measured self-reliance. The continuous change in the setting also contributed to the themes. These two…

have been romantically involved with the heros. On page 212 Ariadne went to Daedalus so he could tell her how to get out of the labyrinth she then “sent for Theseus and told him she would bring about his escape if he would promise to take her back to Athens and marry her” ( Hamilton). This shows how women were just allies to heroes in Ancient Greece but now they are heroes…

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World inspired awe and fascination during their time. They are impressive structures. They all took a lot of time and effort to be built. One of the significant wonders seven wonders is the statue of Zeus. The impact on Zeus is he wore a wreath around his head and held a figure of Nike, the winged goddess of victory in his right hand. These seven wonders all had a special reason for being constructed. This could have been a big achievement for Antipater.…

Greece during the 5th and 6th centuries BC. Various attempts were made to revive the games during the early 1700’s and 1800’s in France and England but were only on a small, local scale. The first Olympic games as we know them today were held in Athens in 1896 as a tribute to their origin. The games brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes to compete in 43 events.…

Jean de Dieu Kamiri Professor: Steven Shoemaker Phil 1301 01/31/2018 Title: Thales and Anaximander my Admired Thinkers of Pre-Socratics Abstract: Thales and Anaximander are the most the first original Ionian philosophers, during the 6th century B.C. they were active in Ionian colony in Asia Minor called Miletus (modern-day Turkey). These thinkers are traditionally the first Greek thinkers on record. They attempted to give details the source and arrangement of the globe in a normal way. They…

Greeks and Romans are two major influential cultures for the U.S to use as a blueprint for our government and how the things in our day to day life will work but this paper is not about how the way they influenced the U.S no ; this paper is about how they have influenced me. Let's start with the Greeks and then move from there; one major thing is there gods and goddesses. It was a day in fifth grade and we started talking about the Gods and Goddesses of Greece little did I know this would spark…

On the west slope of Mt. Helikon, below the acropolis of ancient Steirion, atop an ancient temple to Demeter2 lies the monastery of Hosios Loukas (See Fig. 1). It is enclosed by a wall and comprises two- and three-story blocks of cells, a bell-tower at the South West corner, the Refectory on the South side and the two adjoining churches at the center of the enclosure. The monastery was founded by the hermit Loucas Stereiotis, who lived in the area from 945 CE until the day of his death, in 953CE…