What is true of events in Homer's Odyssey?
They took place in different locations all over the Mediterranean
Why did the ancient Greeks reject Democritus' ideas about atoms?
The greeks rejected democritus's idea because they thought that there was something smaller than the atoms.
Did ancient greek actors get paid?
Most Greek actors got rewards instead of money, like in the early tragedys people won a baby goat, or in later plays they won scripts for different types of plays.
Why did the rulers of governments in the Greek city-states change?
Aristocrocies came to represent city-state's noble class. Little by little, the nobles gained more land and power. By about 700 B.C. nobles in many Greek city-states had overthrown their kings and had taken power themselves.
How did ancient Greeks develop an affective way to fight wars?
The independent city-states which made up the Greek world initially fought neighbouring sity-states over land and other disputes. They then began to ally with other city-states fwhere there was a common cause, and this progressively expanded to forming leagues of several, and eventually many city-states. These combined forces became increasingly powerful as they grew larger and branched out to also having large combined fleets of warships.
This was temporarily diverted by the Persian invasion, where some Greek city-states sided with the Persians and some united to oppose the Persian-Greek forces. After the Persian War, the city-states went back to fighting each other, with two powerful Greek leagues led by Athens and Sparta.which fought t devastating 27-year war. After that war, others followed with changing alliances of cities, until Macedonia moved in and established control.
The Greek city-states developed their war fighting by a willingness to settle differences by wars, constant practice, and adapting alliances to make their side more effective.
What might be the difference between the works of Herodotus and Thucydides?
Herodos composed The Histories on the origins and events in Greek origins and establishment leading up to the Persian Wars, as a series of paid lectures he delivered in Athens as a money-spinner, later amalgamated into a book. Although he attempted accuracy to avoid criticism, they also had to be a good story.
Thucydides' aim was a strictly accurate record of the Peloponnesian War with a lead up of its origins.
Herodotus was a good story teller, Thucydides was a sacked general setting the record straight.
Who had the most freedom women in Sparta and Athens?
Spartan women were freeto join in the life of the city. Athenian women were kept in virtual purdah at home, looking after the house, the children and slaves, getting out occasionally for women's religious festivals.
Which ancient Greek city-state would you want to live in - Athens or Sparta?
Neither - both involved themselves in endless wars to little purpose and much destruction. All adult males were drafted into these wars. Sparta had an edge for women - they had significant rights and part of society, whereas Athenian women were kept a home in virtual purdah, bearing and raising endless children and working in the vegetable garden.
What happened in ancient greece 432 bc?
The declaration of the Pelloponnesian war (that actually started a year later 431 BC) and its also the year that Pheidias completes the decorations of the Parthenon.
What religion were the ancient Alexandrian Therapeutae community?
Early writers identify them as an aesthetic Jewish sect, however later Christian writers call them Christian. Perhaps there was a conversion.
Was Mediterranean Sea plus the ancient Greece?
The Greek world was spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Why were mountains important in ancient Greece?
statues were important in ancient Greece because Greece is substantially covered with statues. They separate the polis or city-states.
Does Zeus the great Greek god take over Olympus?
he does, he is the god of all gods at Olympus. Zeus makes the orders around if he can't make that happen he brings out his lightning bolt when the gods see it they start to listen.
What do Ancient Rome Government have in common with US government?
With Greece i assume you mean Athens.
And with Rome i assume you mean the Roman Republic
They were actually kinda' not alike.
In Athens, all free men could vote, which means, no women and no slaves.
In Rome, they had the Senate and two Consuls. The senate consisted of elected members from the Patrician-class, nobility of Rome. The Consuls were chosen by and from the Senate, these two would then co-rule Rome for a 1 year period and then two new consuls would be chosen.
I know the question wasn't about democracy, but i will bring it up anyway.
Athens was a democracy if you were a free man.
Rome was a democracy if you were a male member of the nobility.
So to say that either were democratic would clearly be from a male perspective.
Where were the first amphoras made?
The first amphorae were made in Greece and were fashioned in various shapes and sizes. They were used to transport, store, ferment and age wine.
What did the Greeks believe happened after they died?
After they died, the Greeks believed they would go to the Underworld, which was the Kingdom that Hades ruled over. There were multiple parts of the Underworld, if they were evil they would go to the field of Punishment, if they were good they would go to Elysium and get like pampered and stuff and if they did nothing really special they'd go to Asphodel and do.. nothing.
There was also Tartarus, where the monsters and some of the Titans went.
To go to Elysium or the fields of Punishment, they had to be judged in Erberus.
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What are the culture and civilization of the early Filipinos?
Some historian said that colonizer do more harm rather than good things to the early Filipinos. Before the colonization, Filipino civilization only came from the Malays and in the response of the new environment, their social organization is divided into two ranks, men and women have an equal rights in the society and they only believed in one god called Bathala.
What purpose did myths serve for the ancient Greek people?
they gave people stories about the legends and myths of greek mytholgy
What was the ancient Greek Odeon?
Both Greek and Roman buildings built for music, singing, poetry competitions and so on...
What is the relationship between wealth and the arts in ancient Athens?
In any culture when you have the arts it means that the population has enough food, feels protected, has a government, and time to do other things than survive. This was the case in Athens. They had evolved to the point that there was a community with enough wealth to spend on temples, statues, government buildings, and to create art and plays. If people have to spend all their time, wealth, and efforts to survive they don't have to resouces to have extra things.