Thebes, Greece

Karnak In researching information about Karnak, a city complex in Egypt, I continued to ask myself what Karnak is, who built it and when , and why was it built. I would like to share my findings with you. What was Karnak? Karnak was a city with many temples built over 2000 years dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. And was also known as “The most selected place” by the ancient Egyptians. It was also the largest religious building complex covering about 200 acres which…

actions since she did not struggle against her inevitable fate. A. Antigone is motivated to take action because she fears the fate that the gods will assign her if she does not bury him. 1. Antigone feared fate and the gods much like the elders of Thebes, who “[fainted] with fear of what fate [Zeus would fashion] for [them].” (349) 2. Fate was a motivating factor for characters in Greek dramas to do things that they would not have otherwise done; in this case, Antigone decides to take a risk and…

Cynicism Introduction: Who are the Cynics? The word “cynic” derives from Ancient Greek meaning “dog-like” or “dog”. The philosophy group of Cynics’ beliefs and actions resembles what a dog would think or do, because they live an indifferent way of life. Another way to put this is that the cynics sustained their human behaviour by the motivation entirely of self-interest. An example would be Diogenes of Sinope, who was a dominant figure of the story of Cynicism as there are many stories about his…

Creon the King of Thebes The play Antigone takes place around 441 BC. The setting of the play Antigone is in ancient Greece. In ancient Greece the king is the most powerful person. There are nine characters in the play Antigone. The characters names from weakest to most powerful are Eurydice, haimon, A Messenger, A Sentry, Teiresias, Ismene, Antigone, The Chorus, and Creon. Creon is the king of the Thebes. That means that he is the most powerful person in the play Antigone. In the play Antigone…

of ancient Greece. In other words, what is a polis? List the main poleis of ancient Greece A Polis is a typical structure of a community of ancient Greece. It means city in Greece. It is basically a body of citizens. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbour, which controlled a surrounding territory (chora) of land. There were over 1000 polis, out of which the main ones are Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Aegina,…

Crash! Bang! Pow! Zeus, the god of the sky- power from above, is raining down on the mortals of Greece. Greek mythology was often told to young children to explain unnatural events they would otherwise not understand (“Greek Mythology”). The deities lived on snowcapped Mount Olympus, the highest peak in Greece. They came down to the mortal world and often interacted with the common people. In many ways, the gods acted like the mortals by showing passions such as jealousy, love, and revenge. The…

Greece was a place of a variety of differences in geography, ranging from the tall mountains to the blue Aegean Sea. In fact, even the Mediterranean climate was a factor in the Greek’s life, like the city state of Thebes. But despite some geographical differences, Greece maintained themselves and use the geography to their advantage in society, trade, and culture, socially, politically, and economically. Greece found ways to control geography, rather than letting geography control it. Greeks…

In the famous words of one Allan Poe E., ‘the glory that was once Greece’ did not live for as long many would have expected it to. In fact, mighty Greece only survived for a short while and remained confined to a geographically minute area. As of the 5th Century BC, mighty Greece was primarily Athens. The state as a whole was Attica but Athens was its driving force at the time. To many, Athens was the “eye” of Greece based on it being a rich artistic hub and highly democratic (Brody et al.,…

The final days of democracy in Greece are in fact the story of how Athens lived its last century as an independent state. The moment of fall has to do with its time when it shined the most over Greece: at the height of power as leader of Athenian league and leader of Greek culture. The city-state pattern of Greece created a reality of competition, individuality and community centered exclusively around each political community. That is why Greece never reached a national consciousness, even…

biases are quite prevalently used to portray the inequality between men and women in a misogynistic society. Sophocles used the major conflict between Kreon and Antigone to demonstrate this ideology. Kreon, who was Antigone’s uncle and the ruler of Thebes, would not listen to her reasoning simply because she was a woman. To this effect, the community viewed Antigone as a rebellious, headstrong woman for the same reasons. However if she were a man, she would have been treated differently. Her…