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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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What is the Greek God Athena's symbol?
The Greek goddess Athena's two most common symbols are the owl and the olive tree.
Owl: The owl represents great wisdom.
Olive tree: When Athena competed with her uncle Poseiden to become the patriot of a thriving city, she won the competition by giving the city an olive tree, which they found more useful than Poseiden's saltwater spring. Athena was declared patriot goddess and the city was named Athens in her name.
Why might Sparta have decided to spare Athens after Athens was defeated?
They should of killed or destroyed it But then they wouldn't help them when a battle came
The person who answered the question before this just annoys me with how critical they are being... then again, they are pretty straight forward and, well, truthful.
Difference in Greek idealism and Roman realism?
The Greeks used idealism in sculpture, representing people perfectly. That is when you see canon of proportions, and figures such as Doryphorus. This style, however, developed into realism, which is closer to an honest depiction of an individual.
What does the map of ancient Mesopotamia look like?
The map of what was once Ancient Mesopotamia looks like a giant flying bat. Ancient Mesopotamia took up most of what is now the Fertile Crescent Valley in the Middle East.
What represents culturally unbiased writing?
The neighborhood is a diverse community of Irish Americans, Mexicans, South Africans, African Americans, and French Canadians who live and work there.
What four works of Plato describe Athens in decline?
Plato, the avid student of Socrates, described the condemnation of Socrates and the decline of Athens in these works:1. Euthyphro;
2. The Apology;
3.Crito; and
4. Phaedo.
What are the beliefs of ancient people about planets?
The planets symbolized some of the most powerful gods of ancient times. The gods themselves were usually spiritual, so of different substance than the planets that symbolised them. The two most powerful gods were usually the sun god and the moon god. The gods were not physically the sun and the moon, but usually accompanied them through the sky, often on heavenly chariots. The planet Venus was seen as beautiful, so it must represent a goddess. Venus was often the consort of the moon god. She was not only the goddess of beauty, but of fertility as well. Because Mercury moves rapidly through the sky and is only seen briefly, it was often associated with the messenger of the gods. Mars is the red planet and in some cultures was associated with the god of war. The ancient Romans could not have known that Jupiter is the largest planet in our system, yet they associated this planet with the greatest god, Jupiter.
What is a theater in ancient Greece?
In Ancient Greece, the most celebrated and popular theatre venue was the Theatre of Dionysus, which lie on the southeast side of the Acropolis, in central Athens.Consecrated first as the temenos of Dionysos Eleuthereus ("Dionysus Liberator"), what would become a grand masterpiece of Ancient Greek architecture, began as a more rudimentary construct, complete only with an altar and a circular playing area, around which the improvisational choral dithyramb competitions were held as prelude to a ritual sacrifices in honor of Dionysus, god of wine, drama and fertility.
Eventually, as many scholars conclude, the great pinnacle of antique dramatic literature, Athenian tragedy, evolved from the improvisations of the dithryambic choruses, adopting and changing the same circular performance space used by the choruses in competition and/or in simple ritual homage. This circular performance space would thus become known as the orchêstra, a space equivalent in diameter to about 20 metres.
For utilitarian reasons (i.e., the episodic nature of the theatre narrative called for entrances & exits, and changes in costume & scenery) the Ancient Greek Theatre added on what was at first a temporary enclosed rectangular wooden structure, called a skênê, meaning "hut" or "tent," which was raised on a platform about 4 metres high, at a length of about 12 metres. Upstage center of the skênê was supposed to have stood a double-leaf door used for entrances and exits.
Eventually the skênê grew larger and more ornate, with various accoutrements, such as the forbearer of the modern proscenium arch: the colonnaded proskênion.
It is not entirely certain if all theatres of the Ancient Greek construction had altars (or thymelê) in or on the orchêstra. It is readily debated by scholars whether the altars were permanent structures or whether they were carried on to stage as scenic devices (e.g., particularly for the recitation of the lyric choral odes in Ancient Greek tragedies), and whether they lay left or right of the orchêstra's playing space.
One certain fact is that the thymelê was not phallic in shape. As best as archeologists can conclude, the altars were either short stout column-heads or an ornate rectangular shape, both with a flat top upon which mock-sacrificial displays could be made, and where lyric odes would culminate in the coryphe's chanting of the epode.
Some archeologists and Classic Greek scholars believe that the thymelê's flat or concaved top could have held a bronze, or at best a large golden bowl-like chalice for tossing and sipping libations during the action of the plays which proceeded near or around it. The idea of a chalice for libations lends itself to the idea that the thymelê was not stationary but mobile, and could have been moved closer to the nearest audience members (who were often a select group of the most venerated priests, cleric and dignitaries), so that they too could join in the spilling of libations.
In terms of ancient greek architecture what does frieze mean?
It's the long narrow sculpted band running along the architrave of a building.
What were greek poems honoring special occasions?
Ask Mr. Marvin Smith.
The answer is odes ;)
odes is the way O D E S
None whatsoever. It did not affect the outcome of the war in any way.
It provided an apocrophal story of sacrifice for later generations to the present day.
Why do people call Greece a western world?
It is called part of the Western World because it is located in Europe.
How did the functions of sculpture in ancient Rome differ from the Greek tradition?
The functions of sculpture in ancient Rome were the same as those in the Greek tradition. Statues were the a bit like an equivalent of paintings because both the Greeks and Romans only had fresco paintings. Originally Roman sculpture was portraiture (busts). Then they adopted Greek sculpture. The best sculptors were Greek. Most Roman sculptors made replica of the 'mass' market. Some Roman statues were about Greek myths.
Why did ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?
They sought advice on important issues. The Delphians, who made great profit from offerings to the Oracle, had spies located around Greek cities who warned of questions being sent to the Oracle, and the basis of the problems underlying them, so appropriate answers could be prepared.
Which ancient greek traveler explored the nile and whose geographica survives almosy complete?
Strabo
Greek Fire is a nitrate-based compound that the Byzantines used in a sort of grenade When the compound caught fire, it would explode and set a raging fire because of the nitrate, which is also a component in gunpower.
What Greek philosopher invented the study of history?
Herodotus, Greek historian [ 484 BC- 425 BC ] considered Father of History.
Effects of battle of Marathon?
The Athenian and Plataean armies defeat of the Persian expeditionary force convinced other Greek city-states that they could hold off Persian attempts to dominate them.
