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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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Which barbarian movement started the massive Germanic invasions across the roman frontiers?
Goths, Vandals and Huns
Why did people sacrifice others to Poseidon?
well no people or otters were sacrificed to Poseidon unless the sacrificer wanted to be drowned the next time they took a bath. Poseidon can do that you know he's the Greek god of the sea, creator of horses, and earth shaker and a bunch of other stuff.
What was each god on Mount Olympus known for?
Demeter, Goddess of Fertility.
Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth
Hades or Pluto, The king of the underworld he shares his name with.
Poseidon, God of the Waters.
Zeus, Ruler of Heaven.
Aphrodite, the goddess of tender passions.
Apollo, the god of prophecy and music. Leader of the Muses.
Ares, god of war.
Artemis, goddess of hunters and protectress of the wilderness, also the goddess of virginity and the protectress of maidens
Athena, Goddess of warriors, industries and prudent intelligence.
Dionysus, the god of the cultivation of the vine.
Hebe, cupbearer of Olympus; and the goddess of Youth.
Hephaestus, the smith of Olympus.
Hermes, the messenger of Heaven; god of the thieves and cunning.
there was also hera goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus
How do Roman and Greek governments compare and contrast?
To be a citizen of a Greek city-state, it was necessary at the age of 18 for a male to prove his descent to his tribal assembly. Government was effected by a succession of monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny and democracy.
Initially in the city-state of Rome, the same applied. As the empire grew, citizenship was extended to Italians, then to other peoples such as Gauls and Iberians who had no cconcept of citizenship, but not the Greeks who had their own. In the 3rd Century CE all peoples within the Roman Empire were granted citizenship. Government was effected by assemblies of the citizens with anoverarching Senate.
Both Romans and Greeks had had to move to popular assemblies due to the sheer necessity arising from the fact that if you want people to fight for the state, you have to give them a say in the state. When professional armies developed this was not necessary, and non-democratic regimes took over.
Who are the original inhabitants of ancient Greece?
The original inhabitants of ancient Greece were the Greeks.
Why were the women of ancient Greece always much younger than they looked?
They lived a hard life. They were married off at 13, and started bearing children, having many to bear and raise. They had to run the household, work on the farm or in a business, and supervise slaves in the household. It was a hard life so they aged physically quickly.
Archon: Greek word meaning 'ruler', although frequently encountered as the title of some specific public office. In some ancient Greek cities, the chief magistrates and the states were called Archons. In Athens, an archon was one of three offices that were filled by the aristocracy elections every 10 years.
The ancient Greeks had many kinds of worshipping houses for the gods and goddesses. The most famous is the Parthenon. The Parthenon is the sacred place of the goddess Athena. Her official home is on Mount Olympus but the gods and goddesses considered their worshipping places just about as important.
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Hippocrates identified epilepsy as originating in the?
Hippocrates knew that it was a physical disease of the brain, and not a sacred disease as other of his contemporaries called it, meaning it was something directly from God. His assessment was very accurate.
Where did the poet Homer live?
Homer, if he existed as a person and not just a convenient name to attach to the poetic works, may have lived in Chios. We don't know for sure.
Which statements best describes the pharaohs?
the pharaohs were kings who were also worshipped as gods.
Athens had tried them all - monarchy was replaced by its aristocracy hungry for power, then the tyranny was installed to protect the lower citizens from the rapacious aristocrats; and when a new generation had forgotten how bad things had been and they expelled the tyrants, it seemed the aristocrats would return, however Cleisthenes rallied the small farmers to establish a limited democracy controlled by them.
The aristocracy was given control again to lead against the Persian invasion, and hung on in power until Ephialtes restored the democracy. The aristocrats murdered him for that, but his deputy Pericles hung on, and developed it further into a radical democracy.
However people-power got out of hand, swayed by orators into unwise actions and attempts at dominating the Greek world. It ended in defeat in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and its allies whom overconfident democratic Athens had been trying to oppress. It subsided into a more limited democracy until constricted in the Macedonian takeover of Greece.
Why was the funeral of the Ancient Greeks such a noisy affair?
Nowadays, we think of a funeral as a sombre affair, because someone has died. Back then, the Greeks treated it as an exciting event.
What do hamburgers have to do with Ancient Greece?
because hamburgers can have ancient greek dressing in them
Who is Iio in ancient Greek mythology?
She was one of Zeus' lovers. She was turned into a cow and captured by Hera, Zeus' wife, because she was jealous of Zeus' affection for Io. Hera placed the creature Argus, a giant covered in eyes, to keep watch over Io. Zeus sent Hermes to free Io. Hermes did this by charming Argus into falling asleep, then killed him and freed Io.
