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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 cultures blended to form the new Hellenistic Culture?
The Hellenistic Culture was influenced by Greek (Hellenic) culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences.
Who uses the Hippocrates oath?
It serves as a foundation for other similar oaths and laws that define medical practice. Such oaths are takes today by students entering the medical profession
What are the contributions of Ancient Greece and Rome?
1. Screws.
2. Laws based on Roman system.
3. Language.
4. Christianity.
5. Concrete. The Romans built great buildings with this most modern of materials, the Pantheon among them.
6. Public bath/Pool.
7. Public buildings (libraries, forums, post offices, etc).
8. Roads. In the late 19th century the best roads in Italy were still the Roman roads.
9. Sewer systems (That are still in use in many cities today).
10. Shampoo
11. Columns
12. Mathematics
13. Democracy
14.PIZZA (not really)
15 Fish sauce (garum) (really>) it really stinks it smell like feet
Did ancient Greece ever have a woman ruler?
No. The Greeks were too he-man to allow that. However, Cleopatra was of Greek descent, but she ruled Egypt, and only because an invading Roman named Julius Caesar deposed her brother and placed her on the throne.
From Laura Lawless's blog, see the Related Links for an article about how amphorae were made, in French and in English, with two photos.
Which ocean or sea was named the Erythraean sea in ancient times?
The Indian Ocean, specifically the arm between Africa and India, was given this name, but it was also applied to either of the two arms of the ocean: the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The name of the Red Sea country of Eritrea in Africa references this name, a term for a reddish color in the waters.
Who is King Philip II of Macedonia?
King Philip was father of Alexander the Great. He built a strong army and won the support of some city-states that opposed Athens. A great Athenian statesman and public speaker, Demosthenes, warned of this new threat, but the quarrelsome city-states could not unite soon enough to stop Philip. In 338 B.C., at Chaeronea Philip's united Greek forces crushed the Athenian Greek alliance. The Athenians lost what they loved most, hegemony over the Greek states.
As the eminent historian J. B. Bury wrote:
As the hegemony or first place among Greek states had passed successively from Athens to Sparta, and to Thebes, so now it passed to Macedon. The statement that Greek liberty perished on the plain of Chaeronea is as true or as false as that it perished on the field of Leuctra or the strand of the Goat's River.Whenever a Greek state became supreme, that supremacy entailed the depression of some states and the dependency or subjection of others. Athens was reduced to a secondary place by Macedon, and Thebes fared still worse; but we must not forget what Sparta, in the day of her triumph, did to Athens, or the more evil things which Thebes proposed.
Did King Philip of ancient Macedonia write the bible?
King Philip of Macedonia was a pagan and had probably never even heard of the jews. And, of course, the New Testament was not written for another four hundred years. No, Philip had no part in writing the Bible.
What can you learn from ancient Greek gods?
That mankind is very vulnerable to beliefs un the unknown and unprovable when there is absence of knowledge of the reality of the physical universe, and myths are used instead to fill the gap. Not much has changed today, even when expanding scientific knowledge has explained natural forces, and it is no longer necessary to invent gods to explain them.
Ulysses (aka Odysseus) was the King of Ithaca, which is an island on the west coast of Greece.
Summarize how Homer's Iliad was applied to the lives of the ancient Greeks?
Homeric Greek is the form of Ancient Greek that was used by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey. It is an archaic version of Ionic Greek, with admixtures from certain other dialects, such as Aeolic Greek.
Hector stole achilles which Patroclus had borrowed?
Armor .
He didn't steal it, taking a fallen foe's armour was recognised by both sides as a tophy the victor was entitled to.
Oracles, in many stories, were people who could see the future, so asking an oracle would be like trying to find out about the future. Oracles usually would tell you something about the future, but in a riddle or in the type of language where it was hard to figure out.
In the stories, people couldn't really change the future even if they knew about it, but they would frequently try.
Family life and customs in Ancient Greece differed between the city-states. However, all of the city-states had a patriarchal system. This meant that across Greece men acted as the head of the household and their wives and daughters were subservient to them. Male children were educated in warfare and politics. Female children were taught how to care for the household and were often married between the ages of 13 and 18.
What events led to the Peloponnesian War?
There was a series of disputes as Athens manoeuvred to maintain pre-eminence in the Greek world and keep control of its empire and the revenue it producd. The final stages were the fight between Corinth and its ex-colony Corcyra, the Athenian capture of Potidaia, and the Athenian trading ban on Megara.
What are the mystery cults of the ancient Greek civilization?
Where were Myths in Greece Usually told?
That's a bit of a loaded question, you see, because to the Greeks, they weren't myths, but rather truthful representations of history. Let's not forget, too, that the Greeks were masters of the written word, so oral tradition, while still important, was less of a factor for them.
Additionally, some myths were historical, and probably based in some real event, like the Trojan War, but others, like the story of Apollo and Daphne were carried down from a time before the Greeks were Greeks. They are allegories based on language and an explanation of the natural world, and as such were likely spoken and retold thousands of times before being written down in any way.
What kind of food did the gods eat?
they ate ambrosia and drank nectar.
Actually it depends on what pantheon you want to know about. The Olympian Gods did eat ambrosia and drink nectar but the Hindu Gods for instance ate and still eat the essence of the offerings made by believers. In many other cases where offerings and/or sacrifice is made to the God or Gods those sacrificed and the offerings being made, comprise the foods consumed by the Gods.
No, colleges came centuries after Plato died. He did create an Academy where others, including Aristotle, studied.
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Were the Amazons real or just Greek myth?
Most likely they were myth based on real societies in which women were held in higher esteem than in most societies in the Greek world (ie, the Peloponnese, Ionia, Italy), probably to the north. There is little archaeological evidence for a society of Amazons, but there is evidence for societies in which women may have spent much of their lives on horseback and died in battle.
Is Egypt is the foundation for western civilization?
No. Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of western civilization. Egypt was the very first western civilization, but Greece gets the title as the birthplace of western civilization. Also, Egypt is in the eastern hemisphere.
