Thebes, Greece

This book is made up of a collection of fictional letters that was affiliated with Antipas. Antipas was the martyr that was cited in Revelation 2:13, “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” In the beginning, Antipas was an elite Roman citizen who fought to maintain and continue to enhance his position in his…

If one gazed upon ancient Greece, they would be bestowed with a country filled with art and beauty. Art was typically used to demonstrate their religious respect and to record history. Throughout ancient and early Greece, many writers have demonstrated important Greek concepts in their writings. Many historians, poets, and philosophers, have illustrated concepts such as Paideia, Eros, Hamartia, Sophrosyne, and Arte within their work. Platos’, “The Allegory of the Cave,’ may seem dark at first;…

Ancient Greece paper Two Throughout history, there have been many cultures that have influenced todays societies, Ancient Greece being one of them. Violence, and warfare throughout history have seemed inevitable. Some of the most famous, and influential warfare throughout history stems from Ancient Greece. As everyday economic resources increased, Ancient Greek city-states stopped performing smaller scale raids for resources, livestock, or grain, and began building “armies of foot soldiers,”…

Alexander took over greece because of the instability that war had caused. This is cause the country had been split up into city-states and was very multi-cultural. There were many different point of views within the culture which caused conflict. Greece for one had a lot of enemies like rome and macedonia. After ruler Epaminondas had fallen greek makes peace and created a short term league for safeguarding. Which actually brought more confusion to the country. Many rulers and officials formed…

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…

There is a rich and vast history of athletics in the Greek world, but what most history overlooks, is what the winners went through to compete in the Olympics and if they win where would they end up. Through the 12 centuries, each Olympic winner would be seen as an immortal demi god. Even After a winner’s death legends would be told of his victories. How was life after winning the Olympics and what affect did it have on Greeks? Not all men could compete in the Greek games only free Greeks were…

what we can never match is the affect the games had on everyday society and the lives of the common and upper class people in city’s sates. These games become incredible important to the city-states because they brought the Greek world together and Greece became one and not the separate city sates. The Olympics games become a mecca of Greek society every four years where hundreds of Greeks would travel thousands of miles to watch these games. Having a colossal Olympic event in your biggest and…

Disciplining Modern Turkey: Historiographical analysis of the Ideology of Mustafa Kemal “Atatürk” The longevity of the Ottoman Empire is undeniable. From its beginnings in 1299 to its end in 1922 the Ottomans were one of the world’s longest functioning empires, with its geography reaching to large parts of Africa, Asia, and Arabia. Though the Ottoman’s lasted seven centuries, the empire was in an increasing state of tortuous decline beginning in the sixteenth century. This decline was inflicted…

financial dealings of some countries caused problems in 2009, when the bubble finally burst, both these debtor countries, like Greece, and lender countries, such as Germany, began to realize that defaulting on governmental debts was an option. This bubble effect across all of Europe caused the major…

Wreath From Central Macedonia in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki” published in The Annual of the British School at Athens, discusses a gold myrtle wreath, which was acquired by the Getty Museum in 1993, and sent back to Greece in 2007. This gold myrtle wreath currently resides in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. This particular article concentrates on provenance, dating, and comparisons. There is a detailed analysis of the structures of…