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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 have we borrowed from Greece?
Many of your assumptions about English are just plain wrong.
No language borrows needlessly from another language.
There are variations in meaning.
"Weekend" does not mean the same as "fin de semaine."
So the French people despite threats from the French language academy still use "weekend."
England was conquered by Normans from France in 1066. Latin based words came into English
through French.
In 1066, what science was there ?
English spelling has never been regular.
The most common words are irregular.
be/am/is/are, was/were, been
English is the language of science precisely because English has such a variety of words.
English has the largest vocabulary of any language.
Sailing, shipping and navigation do not mean the same thing.
sail and ship are anglo-saxon words navigation is Latin based
What are good anglo-saxon words for vocabulary( Latin) or etymology (Greek) that conveys the same meanings?
What are good Anglosaxon words that convey meanings of the word philosophy?
Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses could speak to them in?
the Greeks believed that the gods would speak to them in there dreams
What is the meaning of the ancient Greek egg and dart motif?
It is symbolic of life (the egg) and death (the dart) when it is present on funerary monuments.
Source: "Buried Treasures in Mount Hope Cemetery" by Richard O. Reisem, page 164.
Which famous greek died first Socrates or Pericles?
Pericles 495 - 429 BC
Socrates 469 BC - 399 BC
so....the both lived in the same era
Who was the Greek god of disease?
Apollo, despite being the god of healing, was responsible for the spread of diseases with his arrows.
Do citizens of Louisiana have the right to hold a petition?
yes, its considered a civil right. you can get a petition , have as many people sign it as possible. freedom of speech, freedom of press, equal rights. if its in a gated private community that has clauses that were agreed upon , then you might have a problem. depends on the situation. be more specific on what he petition is about.
Why do you call Alexander of Macedonia the great?
Alexander apparently received that epithet from the Romans, who admired him. The oldest surviving reference of the title is found in the Mostellaria ("The Haunted House"), a play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 - 184 BC). This is roughly a century or so after Alexander's death in 323 BC.
Battle of Thermopylae were elephants used in the battle?
No because elephants move to slow and to big.
Another view:
The bigness was the very reason that elephants came to be used - they were the battle tanks of the olden era.
The reason they were not used at Thermopylai was that neither the Greek nor Persians had adopted their use at that stage - they came into common use a couple of centuries later.
Did the Greeks were masks because all the drama was mimed?
No. Greek drama was not all mimed. We know this because we still have some of the plays by the likes of Sophocles and Aristophanes.
The masks were so that people way in the back could still clearly tell what was going on.
During the Peloponnesian War the Athenian navy was destroyed at the battle of?
Battle of Aigospotamai where the Peloponnesian fleet led by the Spartan admiral Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.
Battle of Aegospotami where the Spartan Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.
In what ways did Hellenistic culture live on past the empire?
The culture lived on in the love of the Greeks had for art and science. They also passed on architecture to the future civilizations.
Is Alexandria in Egypt a Greek coleny?
It was established by Alexander the Great as a Macedonian city when he conquered Egypt. Greeks flocked there to live off the Egyptians, and it became a large Greek centre under the rule of Alexander's general Ptolemy and his Macedonian successors, including Cleopatra. It became the second largest city of the Roman Empire when Augustus captured Egypt and placed it under a Roman governor.
It was taken over by the Arab invasion of North Africa, but the Greek population remained, still represented today by the minority Copt population.
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Alexander III of macedonia (AKA Alexander the Great) invaded Egypt burned Tyre at which point the rest of Egypt surrendered except for Gaza which he sieged into submission.
He then put his general Ptolomy on the throne of Egypt. The town "Alexandria" was named after him in about 331 BC and was a sea trading port. No city existed in that location prior to it's building and therefore it was home to many different cultures, however it may suprise you that during it's time it was the largest urban Jewish community in the world!
Was it a Greek Colony then? Well no more than the whole country was. the Egyptians and Greeks didn't have the same concept of coutry borders as we do. They would not have seen it as a colony, but more just another province or annex.
Is cumulus the name of an ancient god?
No. The word "cumulus" comes from the Latin word for pile or heap.
What was the crowning prize for a winning athlete?
The ancient Greeks gave laurel wreathes to winning athletes. The god Apollo was represented wearing a laurel wreath.
Where did women in Athens primarily stay at?
The women had to stay at home until they were married. After they we married they had to live with their husband.(Chosen by the father of the women.)
Why did antiochus call himself epiphanes?
"Epiphanes" is Greek, and means "god manifest." Like a number of earlier kings, he deified himself out of overweening pride and arrogance.
Who was a better leader alex the great or leonidas of Sparta?
Alexander the Great conquered all of the known world in his time. Leonidas was a king of Sparta that led the allied Greek forces into battle at Thermopylae. However, whoever was better relies on opinion.
