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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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Aristotle.
What ancient greek author wrote the story of Ulysses?
James Joyce wrote Ulysses.
The ancient greek Homer wrote the Odyssey, the books on which Ulysses pays tribute to.
Two gods that the people in ancient Greece believed in?
Zeus and Hades were gods that the ancient Greeks believed in, and several others were believed by them as well.
How did Golden Age comedies differ from tragedies?
Plays were part of a religious festival. Each day featured a trilogy of tragedies, a satyr play and a comedy. The tragedy trio presented a deep and moving version of the well-known stories with a different spin and message. The satyr play and comedy were part of the 'catharsis' - a mental engagement and cleaning-out process, where the filthy satyr play and the following comedy lightened up the aftermath of the tragedies, and sent the viewers home mentally exhausted and cleansed.
What are some ancient Greek buildings that are still intact?
None are intact after over two thousand years of weather, damage and looting. Some still have parts of them standing. Some notable ones in Athens are the Erechtheion and Parthenon.
The latter might have been in much better condition had not a moronic French artillery officer with the Venetian attack on Athens in 1687 CE not tried to demonstrate his marksmanship and lobbed an artillery shell through the roof of the temple - it landed inside on a Turkish gunpowder magazine, and the resultant explosion collapsed the roof of the temple.
And the caryatid statues in front of the Erechtheion were surviving nicely until the Greeks left then exposed fifty years ago to the acid rain in the city while they argued endlessly over how to preserve them, and watched the acid burn their marble faces away.
Did Hippocrates have anything to do with dentistry?
Hippocrates began to outline a rational approach to treating patients for their ailments. He stressed the importance of keeping the teeth clean and in good condition. His writings describe the teeth and their formation in our mouths. The way they erupt as well as the diseases of the teeth and methods of treatment. He also developed a dentifrice and mouthwash.
How did the role of women in ancient Greece change?
yes there is if you were a queen or anoble you wouldn't do normal things
Who was the greatest Greek philosopher Aristotle or Plato?
it was Aristotle since he was n all round philosopher as he is also recognized as Aristotle the Great.
What Persian city did the Greeks burn in 490bc after the battle of marathon?
It was the other way round - the Athenians and Eretrians burnt the Persian provincial capital of Sardis in 498 BCE, which caused the Persians to try to suppress them, frustrated by their loss at Marathon.
What was growing up like in Sparta?
It was not bad, but most people wanted to be warriors. Every day in Sparta people had to be brave. I believe they had the inspiration from Ares god of war.
What animal was Zeus connected to?
Zeus once took the form of a swan in order to seduce Leda, daughter of king Thestius. Why Leda would rather be seduced by a bird than by some strapping young passing prince, the story doesn't tell.
Because he was an amoral warmonger
Why was Socrates and the beliefs that he and Athens held so hypocritical?
Socrates' beliefs were not hypocritical - he led people to think for themselves.Athenians were not hypocritical, they followed their beliefs. Did yo mean some other word?
What does sydney mean in greek?
Sydney means *'CupCakes'*<3 which is also known as beautiful or Sweetheart [For a girl!] Sydney is a 99.9% Girl name and the boys who is Sydney i feel bad for you , because its Beautiful Sweetheart and it's pronounced S(eh)D(knee) the EH is like Canada But also the nickname can be Jazzy or ney Ney. Pretty? Yeah Well
In Ancient Greece a Gorgoneion (or stone head, engraving, or drawing of a Gorgon face, often with snakes protruding wildly and the tongue sticking out between her fangs) frequently was used as an apotropaic symbol and placed on doors, walls, floors, coins, shields, breastplates, and tombstones in the hopes of warding off evil. In this regard Gorgoneia are similar to the sometimes grotesque faces on Chinese soldiers' shields, also used generally as an amulet, a protection against the evil eye.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon
How did Themistocles trick the Persians into battle?
When the Greek fleet was hoping to entice the Persian fleet into the strait between Salamis and Attica, he sent an informer to the Persian fleet commander that the Greeks were going to escape the back way through the channel past Megara, and also that he was sympathetic to the Persian cause.
Thinking Themistocles and the Athenian fleet might defect (as the Samian fleet had done in the Ionian uprising nearly two decades earlier), the Persian commander sent his Egyptian fleet to seal off the western channel, and attacked with his remaining Asian-Greek and Phoenician fleets into the waiting Greek fleet, splitting his own fleet again as it passed around either side of the facing island of Psyttaleia.
A battle in the restricted waters was just what the Greeks wanted, to neutralise the numbers and bigger ships of the Persian fleet. The absence of the Egyptian fleet helped even the numbers, and the Greeks were able to attack the Persians from the flanks as they squeezed in on two narrow fronts through the channels on either side of the facing island. Themistocles' subterfuge paid a handsome dividend.
The Greek victory at Salamis turned the whole war in their favour, as the end of the amphibious threat to the Pelopponese cities allowed them to deploy their armies and unite at Plataia the following spring, and Xerxes had to send half his army home as, unable now to protect his resupply fleet, he could not feed them in Greece.
What were the living conditions like in Olympia and Marathon ancient Greece?
they were really hard living conditions
What is the salimis war of Greece?
the war between the Persians and the Greeks final battle happened in salimis the Athenians gave up the city and went to a near by island where the Persians tried to get through but their ships were to big so they sunk
What did the mycenaeans build to survive a siege?
They built underground tunnels leading to a water well outside the palace gates.
