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Who's warnings of threats posed by foreign armies were ignored by the Greeks?
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What did Greeks call people that were not Greek?
they were called either merchants or metics.
What did the Greeks write on?
The Greeks wrote on stone.
Did Greeks think Egyptians where barbarians?
Yes, but not the way we think of barbarians today. The ancient Greeks used the term "barbarian" for anyone who was a non-Greek. Today we use the term as connoting someone crude and uncivilized. The Greeks were certainly aware of the Egyptian culture and civilization and would not use the word barbarian in today's terms.
Did Romans originate from Italy or Greeks?
greeks
How was Greek Rome?
Rome was Roman. The Greeks were Greeks.
Who was the priest that warned the Trojan's?
The priest who warned the Trojans about the Wooden Horse was Laocoön. He cautioned the Trojans not to trust the Greeks and the gift they had left behind. However, his warnings were ignored, and the Trojans brought the Wooden Horse into their city, leading to their downfall.
What did the Greeks trade to get foreign items?
The Greeks traded grain and cows for other items they needed.
Why was Shakespeare so famous even though he ignored the three unities of Aristotle?
The short answer: Because his audience did not consist of ancient Greeks.
What has the author Bettie Forte written?
Bettie Forte has written: 'Rome and the Romans as the Greeks saw them' -- subject(s): Greek Foreign public opinion, Greeks
Who said the earth is stationary and sun revolved around it?
Some Greeks about 2500 years ago. Ignored until about 1500 (Copernicus, Galileo, Americus [he was making globes before Columbus]).
What goods did the greek get in exchange?
What the Greeks got in exchange for their wares depends entirely on whom they happened to be trading with at the given moment. The Greeks often traded for exotic foods and foreign staples, horses, metallurgical products, and new technologies.
Why did the Persians seek to rule over everyone?
they did it because at first they started to see the Ionian Greeks as a threat so they went to conquer every one else so the wouldn't have anymore threats to their rising power
Who fought in the Peloponnesian war and how did it open to the Greeks up to foreign threats?
The Athenian Empire versua the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta. Athens was defeated, the Greek world devastated, warfare continued amongst the weakened cities, and Persia imposed a peace on them to stop wars spillig over into its empire. Then Macedonia emerged as a major power which first dominated the Greek city-states then took over the Persian Empire.
What is the Latin equivalent of the root word of 'barbarian'?
Barbarian is derived from the Greek βάρβαρος (barbaros; English barbarous) "foreign", which arises from the ancient Greeks' characterization of unintelligible foreign speech (i.e. bar bar).The feminine name, Barbara, which means "foreign" or "foreigner", is also derived from barbaros.The Latin equivalent of barbaros is exteras.
Where do they get the saying beware of the Greeks bearing gifts?
From the Iliad, the Trojan Horse - a gift of the Greeks. --more precisely a quote from the Aeneid. Laocoon, a priest of Poseidon, tries in vain to warn the Trojans about the horse, but at the moment he speaks out, he and his two sons are strangled by sea serpents (a punishment for procreating on ground sacred to poseidon). The Trojans took this is a sign to ignore his warnings and allowed the horse (and the Greeks it carried) into the city. The line reads: Equo ne credite, Tuecri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et ferentis Translated: Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts
What foreign powers dominated Palestine from the end of the old testament period through the new testament period?
First the Assyrians, then the Babylonians, followed by the Persian Empire, the Greeks and finally by the Romans.
What is Independent Greeks's motto?
Independent Greeks's motto is 'We are Greeks'.
