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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.
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How did ancient greeks learn the will of the gods?
Usually through some sort of soothsaying, i.e. visiting an oracle or by reading "signs" like in Augury.
How does the concept of hubris from Greek tragedy apply to the Peloponnesian War?
Not at all.
The Athenians were self confident, not hubristic. They had a very real understanding of the extent of their power - in their fleet, their ability to use it to control their empire and disable efforts by Sparta and its allies, and the funds they had to support their activities.
The Spartans were anything but hubristic - slow to enter war and pessimistic about the effects of it.
The Athenian failure lay not in overconfidence or feelings of unweening superiority, but rather the weakness in a direct democracy of exposing the people to the traps of demagogues after Pericles' death early in the war, leading them into unwise and unsustainable actions, which reduced their military and self-sustainment capability.
What does erre es korakas mean in Ancient Greek?
"Go to the ravens/ crows!" which is the equivalent of "Go to hell!" / "Go to ruin!"/ "Go to hang"/ "Hang it!".
Why is Ancient Greek religion considered mythology?
Because many people make the mistake of thinking mythology and religion are the same. Read this question for more info: Is_Greek_mythology_an_ancient_religion
And for more info on modern Hellenismos (Hellenic polytheistic reconstructionism): Discuss:Is_ancient_Greek_religion_dead
The Agora, the marketplace and civic center, was one of the most important parts of an ancient city of Athens.
Why did the Persian navy have to thank the Greeks?
The Persians were not seafarers, and relied on other ethnics within their empire to provide their navy and trading fleet. The Greeks within their empire in Asia Minor and the Islands provided a significant part of this shipping and fighters which supported Persian security and prosperity.
What did the oracle at delphi tell Hercules to cleanse of a terrible sin?
the oracle told him to to become a slave to a king. by this he completed his 12 labors and was then freed
When did Pythia the oracle at Delphi live?
A number of women served as the Pythia in the almost four centuries between the 8th Century BC and 393 AD when the last prediction was recorded.
What is the study of ancient civilization called?
The name of the science that studies the ancient civilizations is archaeology [Αρχαιολογία]
What African river valley was at the southern tip of the Greek empire?
There was no Greek empire - the Greek world was a lot of city-states which sometimes formed self-defence leagues. The Macedonian empire under Alexander the Great included Egypt and the lower Nile River.
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What was the long-lasting effect of Alexander's empire?
After he died the people of Greece and Persia and all the lands between mixed together and shared ideas and culture
Did Athenian citizens all have the same rights?
During the democratic period of the 5th Century BCE, yes.
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Greece was in fact comprised of about 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea, on sea coasts and islands. Egypt, Mesopotamia and China were continental states.
Why is the Trojan War called the Trojan War?
Its proper name is the Iliad. In Classical Attic; sometimes it is referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium (Ilium and Troas was the archaic and Classical period Greek names that Troy was known by).
The name of the poem, meaning 'of Ilion', is an ellipsis for 'a book on Ilion'. So no one named the poem this way, that was just how the Greeks referred to it (because of its immense popularity, everybody knew which book on Ilion you were talking about). In present form, the name was probably first employed in an extant written text by Herodotus (II, 116 sq.).
The war was sparked by the theft of Helen the wife of Menelaus of Sparta. The main objective contrary to some flawed and biased opinions was to take back Helen and punish the Trojans for their insolence after initial requests for Helen to be returned had been declined.
Sacking cities during the Homeric bronze age archaic time was a method of waging war. It was how they fed their troops and kept up supplies and how the military was 'paid' for their service. 3,000 years ago it was the way things were. These were ancient warrior cultures and can't be judged by modern standards to fit a modern narrative.
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The main objective of the Greek looting expedition in Asia Minor was the richest city - Troy.
Trojan is a the adjective of Troy.
Why were the Athenian citizens endowed with so much leisure time?
Slaves outnumbered Athenian citizens more than 2 to 1
If you do not eat breakfast will your brain still work the same way as when you eat breakfast?
Not necessarily. Your brain is an extremely needy organ. The cells in your brain require about 2 times as much energy as that of other cells in your body. Without the fuel that breakfast provides for your brain, you won't be as productive until you eat something. Complex carbohydrates like fruits and vegetables can keep you full for quite a while and provide your brain with the energy it needs to operate as well as it can. Simpler carbohydrates such as sugar also provide energy but not for as long as complex ones do.
The Theban's did not 'conquer' Sparta, nobody did. They defeated them in the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BC (109 years after the Persians failed invasion). Led by Epaminondas, he tactically for the first time ever changed his phalanx. He turned his Phanlanx's weakest point (left side) into it's strongest, allowing his 'stronger' phalanx to clash with Spartan's strong point and a 50 men deep, his phalanx crushed the Spartan's strongest right side. He also staggered the advance of his right phalanx and in doing so by the time his 'strongest' point had broken through and routed the Spartan's strong point his remaining phalanx had advanced to clash with Spartan's, only that the Spartan's were left with no strong point and as the phalanx was broken it failed.
This was the first, last and only time the Spartan's were defeated at full strength and ulitimately led to the entire Spartan demise.
