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Ancient Greece
The ancient greek civilization starts around 3200 BC with the Cycladic civilization [followed by the Minoan (2700 BC) and the Mycenean civilization (1600 BC)] and flourished from the 7th century BC to the 2nd century AD, especially in the 5th century BC with the city-states of Athens and Sparta.
10,833 Questions
What values did the poems of Homer teach Greeks?
Homer's stories taught courage, and honor. Along with bravery.
They gave the Greeks a set of values that they could live by. These values are often called Homeric Values and were adopted by a majority of Greek city-states. Not only did the include courage, honor, and bravery. Homeric values also included action, chastity, humility, putting your community above yourself, and they encouraged Greeks to be the best Greeks that they possibly could be.
What kind of work do people in France do?
What kind of a question is that? They do thousands of things, just like everybody else.
Nope because my country grow rice for living and India grow different kinds of fruits and vegtabes.
How does democracy of ancient greece compare with that of the united states?
The modern U.S. democratic model bears several strong similarities to that of ancient Greece. The U.S. government is divided into the three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Likewise, the Athenian democracy of Ancient Greece was divided into the Ekklesia, which was similar to the legislative, or law-making branch, the Boule, which resembled the executive, or law-enforcing branch, and the Dikasteria, a rough equivalent of the judicial branch. This ancient model, though, while serving as a useful example upon which to build future democracies, has been significantly improved upon.
What Greek philosopher killed himself with hemlock?
This was Socrates who was forced to take hemlock, a deadly poison.
How might the difficulty of mountain travel has been a benefit to the Greeks?
It could let each community develop different customs.
as a result the people created their own governments.
What two kinds of government first developed in the Greek city-states after the Greek dark ages?
Because hookers came to Greece and bang-wanged the wang-bang.
How did tyrants come to power in the city states?
Tyrants were appointed to avoid looming revolution by lower-class citizens in city-states. Their job was to strike a balance between a ruling aristocracy and the poorer farmers who were being plundered by those aristocrats..
They succeeded in this but the long term problem was that the tyrant had to employ a large bodyguard to protect himself from being murdered by the disgruntled aristocrats, and to pay them he had to impose a tax. The Greeks hated taxes, and eventually would expel the tyrant.
What type of plays were there in ancient Greek theatre?
Greek Plays Agamemnon
Written 458 BC. Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. The Choephori
Written 450 BC. Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. Eumenides
Written 458 BC. Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. The Persians
Written 472 BC. Translated by Robert Potter. Prometheus Bound
Written ca. 430 BC. The Seven Against Thebes
Written 467 BC. Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. The Suppliants
Written ca. 463 BC. Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. Alcestis
Written 438 BC. Translated by Richard Aldington. Andromache
Written 428-24 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. The Bacchantes
Written 410 BC. The Cyclops
Written ca. 408 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Electra
Written 420-410 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Hecuba
Written 424 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Helen
Written 412 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. The Heracleidae
Written ca. 429 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Heracles
Written 421-416 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Hippolytus
Written 428 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Ion
Written 414-412 BC. Translated by Robert Potter. Iphigenia At Aulis
Written 410 BC. Iphigenia in Tauris
Written 414-412 BC.
Translated by Robert Potter.
Medea
Written 431 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Orestes
Written 408 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. The Phoenissae
Written 411-409 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. Rhesus
Written 450 BC. The Suppliants
Written 422 BC. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. The Trojan Women
Written 415 BC. Ajax
Written 440 BC. Translated by R.C. Trevelyan. Antigone
Written 442 BC. Translated by R.C. Jebb. Electra
Written 410 BC. Translated by R.C. Jebb. Oedipus at Colonus
Translated by F. Storr. Oedipus the King
Translated by F. Storr. Philoctetes
Written 409 BC. Translated by Thomas Francklin. The Trachiniae
Written 430 BC. Translated by R.C. Jebb. The Acharnians
Written 425 BC. The Birds
Written 414 BC. The Clouds
Written 419 BC. The Ecclesiazusae
Written 390 BC. The Frogs
Written 405 BC. The Knights
Written 424 BC. Peace
Written 421 BC. Plutus
Written 380 BC. The Thesmophoriazusae
Written 411 BC. The Wasps
Written 422 BC.
What features of Greek could be seen in the Hellenistic kingdoms?
The Macedonian and Greek aristocracy maintained Greek culture, the rest of the populaces of the kingdoms, established by Alexander's generals after his death, continued their own cultures. We call the kingdoms Hellenistic (like Greek) rather then Hellenic (Greek) because of this.
What was the main political unit in greece?
Trick Question. Greece wasn't a single, organized union yet. Each city had their own currency/Political system. In Sparta, you had a Empire. While in Athens, you had a direct democracy. These were the two biggest cities, but there were a lot more.
What were the main stages of transformation of Athens from aristocratic state to democracy?
507 BCE Cleisthenes established a limited democracy. This went back to oligarchy during the Persian invasion. 462 BCE Ephialtes reintoduced a full democracy.
mid 440s BCE Pericles expelled conservatives and established a radical democracy driven by the citizen assembly.
What were two main city states of Greece?
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
The Greeks never had an empire, they were a collection of city-states, each with its own interests. There were actually three major city-states or cities that were important in ancient Greece. They were Athens, Sparta and Corinth.
They imagined that they could get advice from he gods - each oracle represented a particular god, so they put their question to the god who handled that particular aspect of life, or to the god who was patron of their city.
This became more highly developed - an oracle was controlled by the city where it was located, which made good profit from the offerings made to the oracle. For example the oracle at Delphi had agents located in the main Greek cities, who would give early warning of upcoming questions so that a proper answer could be prepared fr the priestess to deliver.
And clever politicians would give money in advance for an oracle which would suit their purpose.
As a cover, the oracular statement delivered usually had two different interpretations, so whatever eventuated, the oracle was always right.
Humanity has not changed.
Did the Persian army conquer Greece at Athens?
Yes. In 332 BC, Egpyt was under the control of Alexander the Great from Greece. He was a large influence there, and founded one of Egypts greatest cities, Alexandria. Greek rule lasted until 30 BC, long after the death of the great conqueror, Alexander.
Why do you remember the poet Homer today?
Human mind is delighted to wallow in stories of great action. Because Homer's poems like The Iliad and The Odyssey tell tales of great continuous action, they are still being read with interest. In whichever language they are translated into, nothing great in the story is much lost after translation.
There are tons of Greek gods, but here are some:
Apollo - God of the sun, truth, music, and healing
Zeus - King of the Gods and God of the sky
Poseidon - God of the seas
Athena - Goddess of wisdom, arts, and war
Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty
Ares - God of war
Artemis - Goddess of the hunt, the moon, childbirth, and maidens.
Dionysus - God of wine, the vine, dolphins, and madness
Demeter - God of the Harvest
Hera - Goddess of the family
Hades - God of the underworld and death
Hephaestus - Blacksmith to the Gods and God of metallurgy and fire
Hermes - God of market, trade, doctors, messengers, travelers, and thieves
Hestia - Goddess of the hearth and home
Eros - God of Lust
Janus- God of choices and doors
Nemesis- Goddess of revenge
Gaia- Goddess/Titan of earth
How did Greece impact our western world?
The word 'democracy' is indeed Greek (it is a contraction of demos, people and kratein, to rule) but the historic truth about this democracy is - as so often - less straightforward. At one point there was indeed a system in the city of Athens in which the population at large could express their opinion in mass meetings. But these (occasional!) meetings were usually carefully orchestrated beforehand by the powerful families of the city, who in any case kept all the positions of power and influence exclusively for themselves. Since the execution of any mass meeting decision was therefore in their hands, they could decide if and how to translate decisions into any form of action.
Your question should read: "How did ancient Greece..."etc by the way. Today's Greece culturally speaking is the product of the Ottoman Empire that ruled it for some 600 years. Ancient Greek culture was assimilated with a much more dominant Roman culture and more or less dissolved. The idea that today's Greeks are the product of Ancient Greek culture was invented and cleverly exploited by Lord Byron, the famous Britsh poet and fierce supporter of Greece's struggle for independence in the 19th century. It was he who coined the phrase that Greece was the "birthplace of democracy".
How did ancient greek math influence on modern math today?
Greeks developed geometry to help teach logic. This is why we must do proofs in geometry.
How the gods and goddesses were different from ordinary people?
They are different because they have different powers. Example : Athena goddess of war, battle strategies and wisdom and Pan god of nature and wildlife. They are both very different but they are both gods and goddesses!
