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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 are some Ancient greek and roman names used today?
First the greek names and related latin ones:
Αθηνά [Athena], Αφροδίτη [Aphrodite], Άρτεμις [Artemis, Diana], Δημήτριος, Δήμητρα [Demetrios, Demeter], Διονύσιος - Διονυσία [Dennis, Dionysia, Denise], Αχιλλέας [Achilles], Ηρακλής [Hercules, Hercule], Ερμιόνη [Hermione], Καλλιόπη [Kalliope], Μερόπη [Merope], Καλυψώ [Kalypso], Πηνελόπη [Penelope], Οδυσσέας [Odysseas, Ulysses], Αλέξανδρος, Αλεξάνδρα [Alexander, Alexandra], Διώνη [Dione [Warrwick]], Ουρανία [Ourania, Celeste], Λεωνίδας [Leonid [Brezniev]], Θεμιστοκλής [Themistokles], Αριστοτέλης [Aristotle [Onassis]], Μενέλαος [Menelaos], Αγαμέμνων [Agamemnon], Λητώ [Leto], Λήδα [Leda], Ήβη [Hebe], Νίκη [Nike], Αντιγόνη [Antigone], Δημοσθένης [Demosthenes], Αριστείδης [Aristides], Θρασύβουλος [Thrasyvoulos], Παυσανίας [Pausanias], Όμηρος [Homeros, Homer], Θέμις [Themis], Θάλεια [Thalia], Γαλήνη [Galene], Νεφέλη [Nephele], Ευρυδίκη [Evridiki], Φοίβος - Φοίβη [Phoebus, Phoebe], Κλεοπάτρα [Cleopatra], Ορέστης [Orestes], Περικλής [Pericles], Φίλιππος [Philip], Πάρις [Paris], Φυλλίς [Phyllis], Θεανώ [Theano], Σωκράτης [Socrates], Τηλέμαχος [Telemachus], Μιλτιάδης [Miltiades], Δανάη [Danae], Έκτωρ [Hector], Αριάδνη [Ariadne], Κασσάνδρα [Cassandra] etc.....
and the latin ones:
Aurora, Claude, Claudia, Victoria, Victor, Jules, Julia, Massimo, Ottavio, Ottavia....
the outside people
Explain how Alexandria became a center of Hellenistic culture?
nobody knows T.T it was near water i think
Did the greek dark ages begin in 1150?
The Greek Dark Ages began in about the year 1200 BC. There is no exact year for their beginning.
Clearly, the Greek Dark Ages and the Dark Ages were not the same thing, and they were not really related, as the Dark Ages began in the middle of the 5th century AD.
Who is the Greek god of water?
Poseidon was the god of the sea.
He was also believed to cause earthquakes and had the nickname "Earth Shaker." His brothers were Zeus and Hades. His parents were Cronus and Rhea, the titans. He had many lovers, both male and female, including Patroclus (comrade and possible lover of Achilles). Poseidon's Roman counterpart was Neptune.
There were also several minor water gods, such as Achelous, the river god.
Who killed Leonidas in the battle of Thermoplye?
Helen slices his throat after they returned from Troy.
Greek ruler who tried to force Jews to worship Greek gods?
King Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
The Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) under Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BCE), at the instigation of the Hellenizers, had forbidden various Torah-practices in Judea, such as Sabbath-observance and circumcision, rededicated the Temple to a Greek idol, and pressed the Jews to offer up idolatrous sacrifices. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Hasmoneans (a family of religious Jews) fought to retake the Holy Temple, which had been seized by the Seleucids, and to enable the people to once again observe the Torah. The Hasmoneans (also called Maccabees) were miraculously victorious. When they reached the Temple grounds, they immediately reconsecrated it to God. As part of this action, they relit the Menorah (Exodus ch.25), which was fueled with olive oil. However, it soon became apparent that there was only sufficient oil to keep the candelabra burning for one single day - and it would take eight days to make and bring some more.
Miraculously, the menorah stayed lit for eight days (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), allowing enough time for new oil to be prepared and brought.
The significance of the miracle is that it demonstrated that God's presence still dwelt in the Holy Temple. This is what Hanukkah represents: the closeness to God; and the avoidance of Hellenization (assimilation).
The Torah Sages instituted the festival of Hanukkah at that time (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), to publicize the miracle (Rashi commentary, ibid). This is why we light our Hanukkah-menorahs.
(The Hanukkah-menorah, or hanukkiyah, is a special form of the original seven-branched menorah. Our Hanukkah-menorahs have eight spaces for oil, or candles, to mark each of the eight days for which the oil lasted and a ninth to hold the shamash, a candle used to light the others.)
The eight-day rededication of the Temple is also mentioned in the book of Maccabees (I, 4:56-59; and II, 1:18); and Josephus mentions the eight-day festival in Antiquities ch.12.
The Al-Hanisim prayer which we recite during Hanukkah centers around the Hasmoneans' victory and rededication of the Temple, while the candle-lighting commemorates the miracle of the oil.
Though the military victory is prominently mentioned in the prayers, it wouldn't have been celebrated if not for the miracle of the oil, just as we have no special occasion to mark Abraham's victory (Genesis ch.14), or those of Moses (Numbers ch.21), Joshua, Deborah (Judges ch.4), Gideon (Judges ch.6-7), Jephthah (Judges ch.11), or King David. And though the Hasmonean battles continued for two decades after the retaking of the Temple, the Sages instituted Hanukkah immediately after the miracle of the oil.
It should also be noted that the main goal for which the Maccabees fought was not political independence. They fought to enable the people to observe the Torah's commandments; as we say in the Al Hanisim prayer: "the Greeks sought to cause us to forget Your Torah and leave Your statutes."
What does the Greek letter 'phi' mean?
It symbolizes the golden ratio. The Golden Ratio: The number approximately equal to 1.618033989... which is exactly equal to (1+√5)/2, If you divide a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to
the whole length divided by the longer part, then, you will have the Golden Ratio.
What means saturikos in ancient greek?
Plutarch, Galba 16, 3 writes "saturikoi tois biois". What means "saturikos" in ancient Greek?
How are Athens and Sparta different?
Athens: They are rich and varied and they started to expan their cities.
They built the Acroplis and the Athens were great artists. They were falling to pieces because of the dark ages of Greece.
Sparta:They never gave up and they cared about their people. Spartans wanted their women to have healthy babies because the if they would they would be great warriors. Girls trained like the men to do that. But they never fought in real battles like the men. The men trained with swords and spears.
The same: they both had to do a lot of training so they could fight in WA They had simmilar government that assemble their people to vote.
I hope this helps a lot with peoples projects and stuff.
they are different the Military of Athene is for only 2 years and for Sparta is for 25 year and trey are also different to the civilization and Trey are 2 different city i the same country
What was Antarctica known as to the ancient Greeks?
Nothing. The ancient Greeks did not know Antarctica existed.
Who was Hippocrates and what contributions did he make to the world?
He was a physician in Ancient Greece and he is generally considered 'the father of modern medicine'. That was notbecause he developed techniques or medicines to cure people. Like every doctor until the 20th century he had in most cases to sit by and let nature take its course. But he was the first to discover that illnesses were not 'punishments of the gods', but that they were a natural phenomenon and could be classified and be approached systematically. He systematically gathered information about the course of illnesses and so could predict how they would play out and what their 'critical moments' were.
Most of what we think we know about Hippocrates dates from some 200 years after his death, when Greek physicians first started to write about him. A lot of that may be achievements only later attributed to him. There is no contemporary evidence of what he did or thought. The 'Hippocratic Oath" only bears his name; it is certain he did not come up with it himself.
Who are ancient Greece Corinth rivals?
Ancient Corinth's rival was Thebes. Thebes was also a city-state in Greece just like Corinth.
What evidence dose demosthenes give that phillip is a threat?
In 343 BCE Macedonian forces campaigned in Epirus and in 342 BC in Thrace then moved on to the Chersonese. Demosthenes delivered On the Chersonese to convince them of the threat, then delivered the Third Philippic, which reinforced his assessment of Philip's ambitions extending to mainland Greece, telling them it would be "better to die a thousand times than pay court to Philip".
Eris is a Goddess who is kind of like a Feminine counterpart to Ares and an "opposing forse" to Eros (in some Hellenic traditions, at least) in much the same way that Ares is an opposite to Aphrodite. Intriguingly, some mythos also pair Her as a "consort" or daughter of Ares similarly to how Eros is paired as a Son to Aphrodite - in that sense, like Eros, She has a "trickster" quality. found this on a website...and its pretty helpful
What is the importance of the Golden Age of Athens?
The Golden Age of Athens was a time of many advances in science, medicine, literature, theatre, and much more. Many of the ideas we use today were founded in the Golden Age, and we can learn a lot from the theories and advances of the ancient Greeks.
For example, doctors and people in the medical field today take the Hippocratic Oath, founded by a man named Hippocrates who lived in Athens during the Golden Age.
Socrates, a famous philosopher, was also alive in the Golden Age, and developed many philosophical ideas we still recognize today. Other philosophers during the Golden Age include Plato and Aristotle.
Pythagoras, a mathematician and scientist of the day, developed such mathematical theories and formulas as the Pythagorean theorem.
What is the origin of the name of the Greek city Neopolis It is an ancient city?
A necropolis is a city for the dead.
