Ancient Greece

The ancient Greeks believed in their Greek Mythology which consists of 12 gods living on Mount Olympus: Zeus, (main god) Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hermes, Aphrodite, Hades, Demeter, Dionysus,Hephaestus, Poseidon, and Hestia. Oops that's 13.

A sop to Cerberus is when someone bribes you to do something

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Cerberus was a three headed dog and was a monster in Greek mythology. He guarded the gates of the underworld so only dead people could get in, however, he didn't go because he wanted to, he was bribed.

A sop is a cake, or a honey cake.

Cerberus was given this to come down to the underworld. Now, if you're not dead and want to go through the underworld, you can bribe him with honey cake and go through.

A number of cultural values can be gleaned from their myths and stories (like the Odyssey). Some prominent themes are "xenia", fame, "hubris", and family lineage - particularly father-son connections.

"Xenia" is essentially "hospitality," or the relationship between host and guest. Examples of xenia can be seen in the Odyssey, particularly as Odysseus and Telemachus visit various people in the Mediterranean. Hosts are expected to furnish their guests with the best care they have. They are to give them the best food, bedding, and gifts that they can afford to give. They are also expected to help their guests on their journey if they can. In return the guest is expected to be polite and not overstay his welcome, give news of the outside world, and promise to return the favors shown to him should he ever find his host as his guest. In other words, the expectation is that the guest will be a good host in the future to whoever is currently hosting him. Examples of Xenia in the Odyssey are when Menelaus hosts Telemachus and gives him advice; also, when Aeolus gives Odysseus the bag of winds to help him on his journey home. An example of "bad" xenia can be found in the Cyclops, Polyphemus, who eats Odysseus' men when they arrive in his cave. This is a breach of hospitality, and Polyphemus ends up getting his eye stabbed out, in what can be seen in a moment of Greek karma. Clearly those who fail at xenia come to a sticky end.

Hubris is also a big theme in Greek Mythology. "Hubris" can be defined as "overweening pride and/or presumption". It is best illustrated when mortals presume to be equal to, or better than, the gods at particular skills. They are invariably punished by the gods, and often suffer terribly. Examples include: Arachne: boasted that she was a better weaver than Athena. Athena challenged her to a contest and wove a tapestry depicting the history of humanity. Arachne hung herself out of shame and was turned into a spider (arachnid). Phaeton: begged his father, Helios, to let him drive the sun chariot. He drove it too close to the earth, and then too far away from the earth, alternately burning and freezing it. Zeus struck him down with a lightning bolt to stop his destruction of the earth. There are many other examples, but the idea is that those who are too proud will come to a bad end.

Fame is another major theme in Greek stories. Men in particular are obsessed with gaining fame and usually do so through battles and feats of strength and bravery. However, fame is a double-edged sword in several stories, particularly the Odyssey. Achilles goes to fight in the Trojan war in hopes of attaining fame, and later regrets his decision when he tells Odysseus that he would rather be a poor man in the world of the living than rule in the underworld. Odysseus' desire for fame also gets him into trouble when he blinds Polyphemus and is unable to resist boasting to the cyclops. This, of course, results in Poseidon's vengeful attacks which prevent him from reaching home in a timely manner.

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Remember that ancient Greece was ancient and imports came from very close by. Travel was slow and harsh.

A large war happened: the Peloponessian Wars (431 to 404 BC). Athens and Sparta went to war then their allies joined in. After many long bloody years, Sparta finally won and there were years of peace. But Sparta was severely weakened. Then Athens revolted. There was no unity among the city-states and Sparta had lost much of its empire. In 338 BC, the Macedonians under Philip II and his son Alexander conquered Greece, and the subsequent empires were eventually subsumed by Rome between 149 and 146 BC.

It was based on a city-state - a tract of farming land with a central city. The city provided civilised amenities - temples, baths, theatres, shopping malls and government buildings. The city was also usually walled for defence against invasion by other cities or nomads. Work was done by the farmers and tradesmen, helped by their families and their slaves.

Governance was generally by the adult male citizens who were owners of property, though this was extended to all male citizens in the cities which experimented with full democracy.

The army was provided by property owners who had a suit of armour, however the non-propertied were also called up as light infantry and marines. The navy was manned by both city-based sailors and other rowers hired in from other cities.

He had no clear heir, so his Macedonian generals took the provinces for themselves, declared themselves kings and fought amongst each other.

These we call the Hellenistic Kingdoms because they introduced a veneer of Greek government and culture within them.

which Ancient Greek city was known for its military might

You need to be more specific if you want to make it possible to answer you question. What empire did Greek independence what?

Rhodes

Greek independence did not weaken any empire in ancient Rome. The Romans annexed mainland Greece to their empire in 146 BC. There was no Greek independence because Greece became part of the Roman Empire.

Corinth and Elis along with Sparta formed the Peloponnesian League .

No, if you are asking if music was invented by the Ancient Greeks, music had been around before the Ancient Greeks. Music is found in every known culture, past and present, varying wildly between times and places. Scientists now believe that modern humans emerged from Africa 160,000 years ago. Around 50,000 years ago these humans began to disperse from Africa reaching all the habitable continents. Since all people of the world, including the most isolated tribal groups, have a form of music, scientists conclude that music must have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently music must have been in existence for at least 50,000 years and the first music must have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life.

Yes, if you are asking if they used music, Plato and others mention music in their writings.

Saint Augustine.

Greeks were heavily influenced by Roman art.
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The battle has no importance today. It is an interesting historical story.

The Greek deities stand out from the crowd because most civilizations before this were monotheistic, which here means that they worshiped a single god, unlike the Greeks, who were polytheistic, with here means that they worshipped many gods. Sorry if I confused you with such a long answer, but, there you go.

For the most part the ancient Greeks built amphitheaters for the performance of plays or "musicals". The amphitheater in Athens was the well known one called Epidaurus. It remains as part of the Acropolis in Athens.As an aside, some historians report that the Roman emperor Nero, once performed in one of Greece's amphitheaters.

Alexander the Great's generals, after his early death at age 33, divided up his empire, establishing their own kingdoms and spreading Greek culture within them. We today call these the Hellenistic Kingdoms (Hellenistic = like Hellenism)

The slaves or the helots (means slave) didn't revolt because they were to scared to. They were treated really harshly. There were alot of helots. The people were smart to treat them really bad for they can't go againt them. I hope that helped. :D

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