Theatre of ancient Greece

forms of literature. Two central themes in Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, provide us with many insights to ancient Greece as a civilization. Throughout The Iliad, the glorious pursuit of war preeminently serves as a driving force behind the whole poem. The poem’s heavy emphasis on pride, honor, and bravery illustrates that these ideal characteristics are also highly valued by the Greeks. The ancient Greek civilization is greatly intertwined with war-related conquests of expansion through the use…

The human-god relationships and their purpose in ancient civilizations often tell much about the beliefs and ideals of the culture as a whole. The connection between humans and their gods in both ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek culture are similar, but also vary in multiple ways. Both of these relationships can be seen between the humans and their gods in literature from the time period, specifically the relationship of Moses and God in Exodus, and between Athena and Odysseus and Telemachus in…

Piecing together the history of the ancient Greeks requires using a number of different sources and references. The ancient historians, such as Herodotus and Thucydides, were not omnipotent and their works did not include every relevant fact about the history of Greece. Because of this need for additional information, modern historians must refer to other sources to gain knowledge about the past. Luckily for them, the Greeks customarily inscribed a great amount of information about their…

and were usually written by other people such as Plutarch and Xenophon. Pomeroy work on ancient Greek history has led her to try and better understand the women of Sparta. Despite the fact that little is relatively known about Sparta’s society, Pomeroy argues that Spartan women are important and highly influential because they were symbols of beauty, educated, powerful, and wealthy. Sarah Pomeroy is an ancient historian and author who is known for writing women’s history. She was…

Greek Colonization Settlements or trading outposts were the two types of colonies traditionally founded by the city-states of the Ancient Greeks (Stein, 2005:12). Trade was the primary reason for the Greek colonial expansion into Illyria. Illyrian exports included wool, slaves, bitumen, metal ores, hides, stock, mercenaries, timber, and cereal grains. Imports from the Greeks consisted of ornaments for clothing, wine, olive oil, weapons, armour, vessels, and utensils (Hammond, 1992; Wilkes,…

Meanwhile, the territory of Greece is mountainous, which go against overland transport. As a result, the geographical conditions in Greece encourage the marine movement of people and cargos. In addition, the solid ground in Greek is not suited for growing crops. Therefore, Greek started to make a living by trade. The rocky soil in Greek was well suited for olive trees. It would take more than 20 years for this tree to harvest olive fruits and the planting olive trees in Greece can date back to…

Some of history 's best documented tyrannies and prospective tyrannies occurred in the city-state of Athens. In late seventh century B.C.E, Cylon – an Athenian noble – attempt to take control of Athens and rule it as a tyrant. However, he failed and Athens remained an oligarchy. Midway through the sixth century B.C.E another noble, Pisistratus, became a tyrant. He was succeeded by his sons who ruled Athens for several decades and their reign was followed by the establishment of democracy in…

During the first two centuries of the Roman Empire the number of slaves increased dramatically. These slaves were mainly war captives, kidnapped and sold in Rome’s large slave trade. Slaves had no rights and the immoral Romans looked at slavery as part of everyday life. During the early Roman republic, debtors would be forced to work for landowners in order to work off their debt. When this practice was outlawed, slave labor was needed. Slavery was thus of immense economic importance. Slaves…

Aztec culture is human sacrifice, which was linked with religious ritual." Many people today portray the sacrifices back to the ancient civilizations to those of the aspects like sacrifices, to the Mayans and the Aztecs, that occurred around modern-day Mexico before, during…

The study of family relationships is both fascinating and complex because every family has a different dynamic and connection. Within the family itself, there are different relationships between the individual members. A sister and brother have a different connection than two brothers do; a mother and a daughter have a different dynamic than a father and a daughter, and spouses interact differently with one another than they do with their children. Every member of the family brings something…