Ancient Greece

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Alexander the Great became king when his father, Philippo II King of Macedonia, was killed by his guard's captain, a man called Pausanias. Alexander was 18 when it happened.

They used man-power; people would row the ships.

They joined together with other Greek cities to assemble naval and land forces which could match the Persians, and used superior strategy and tactics at the battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mykale.

What role does the character play in his own suffering.

The women of Sparta had rights, participating in sports and open lifestyle, compared with Athenian women who were kept in purdah in the home rearing children and working in the house and garden.

The competition of the two powers of the Ancient Greek world was on going for centuries. The longest faught war though was the Peloponnesian war [term given later by the historians] which started at 431 and ended at 404 BCE ans caused the deaths of many including Pericles son and later his own.

The pantheon still had the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. After the fall of the Roman Empire, knowledge of how to make concrete was lost and domes were not built until Brunelleschi built the dome of Florence Cathedral (The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) from 1420 to1436.This was a massive feat because Brunelleschi worked out how to build a massive dome, one which was even bigger than that of the Pantheon. After that a dome was designed by Michelangelo for the St. Pater's Basilica. Many other churches were built with a dome. The Capitol also has a dome. The inspiration for this was Roman architecture

A Greek Lyre:

Made of a tortoise shell with anywhere from three to twelve strings.

The lyre was played with a pick, by strumming all the strings, then the player would press down the strings that he didn't want to be heard.

The lyre is distantly related to the harp.

After he died all of his generals fought over who was going to take over which lands. The generals actually killed each other to see who would rule. This happened because Alexander left no heir.

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Poseidon (who made the seas favorable), Hera (the wife of Zeus), and Athena (for whom Athens was named), all favored the Greeks. Aries, the God of War, and Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, favored the Trojans.

because the greek saw stuff like that much different than we do now. they saw the simplicity in nature there for no clothes!

Because his brain is the size of a peanut;)

Distance between city-states, clothing, trade, and democracy were amongst some of things that were influenced by the geography of Ancient Greece. The Greek lived in a Mediterranean climate. Winters were mild and wet, and they were able to grow grapes and olives. Summers were warm and dry. Grapes and olives were one of the few plants that could survive droughts. Mountains cover Seventy-five percent of Greece. The land was difficult to cultivate and the sea surrounded Greece. This made trade extremely easy because the Greeks could get what they could not grow. They were also able to bring back innovative ideas from other cultures that they traded with. Because mountains cut off the Greek, this led to the formation of city-states. There was limited interaction and unity of the city-states, which ultimately created river lies amongst them. Such physical barriers prevented a unified Greece. The sea became a vital part of the Greek society. There were hundreds of bays, skilled sailors, and trade of olive oil, wine, and marble for grains, metals, and ideas, technology, and philosophies was common trade items. The Greeks were able adopt the Phoenician alphabet, which later become the basis for all western alphabets. It also promoted democracy. Although the sea encouraged trade, the mountainous terrain enabled absolute rulers to gain power, ultimately leading to the demise of the Ancient Greek democracy and thus creating war mongers. Although the sea encouraged trade, the mountainous terrain enabled absolute rulers to gain power, ultimately leading to the demise of the Ancient Greek democracy and thus creating war mongers.

Housing in Greece mainly consisted of brick or stone formed together with mud . If you were wealthy you would have hired a professonal builder to do the work the house when finished looked like a u shape from bird eye view it was made of brick and if you were a very wealthy man you would have stained glass windows.

Zeus was the strongest of Greek gods. He had many lovers. He cheated on his wifw/sister Hera.

Archimedes inventions changed the world because for example, we wouldn't be able to ship military cargo, or have Cruise ships due to this man. This man found out buoyancy which is covered in Archimedes principal. Have you ever wondered how big cargo ships float float? They float because the volume is more than the mass of the actual ship. That means that the density of the ship is lower. Now if the ship had more mass than volume, the boats would sink to the bottom of the ocean. Thank you Archimedes

Everything in his country.

They allowed themselves to be fooled into splitting their fleet, with the Egyptian third of it being sidelined from the battle.

They allowed themselves to be dragged into entering the bay of Salamis, again splitting their fleet by going around both sides of Psyttalia Island and by moving in in two thin lines, exposed to mass flank attack in the narrow waters of the strait.

The aim of this course is, firstly, to help the students to see the Greek tragedy as a genre, which has given the beginning of a whole and - to some extent - autonomous literary tradition. The original religious and cultural context is lost, but every epoch (and writer) had taken the extant texts as a ground for its (his/her) specific interpretation. So the course is concerned with the variability and oneness of the textual tradition.

Secondly, the course proposes a glance to the way some thinkers have spoken on the tragedy as a specific kind of art. In this way the students will have the chance to hear something about the most influential texts, concerned with the theory of ancient drama.

Thirdly, the authors of the course are interested in the way the works of the Greek poets are put on the stage; and, in general how every epoch (and artist) do imagine the figures of the plays. That's why the course is concerned also with paintings, theatrical performances and films.

At last, the authors will propose lectures and materials, concerning the reception of the Greek drama in Bulgaria, Georgia and Russia. At this point the aim is to see what the influence of the Greek theatrical tradition on these national cultures is, and what are the reasons of the artists and translators to pay attention to some of the plays (and authors) and to neglect others.

Ancient Greek's soil was mostly of poor quality.

• Alexander established Greek as the universal language throughout the empire which simplified and improved the free flow of trade, knowledge and ideas.
• Cities were founded and settlements were created for Greek colonists on trade routes allowing Greek culture to spread with ease by Greek soldiers, traders, travellers, intellectuals and artisans.
• The conquered lands were introduced to Greek philosophers, the great works of the Greek playwrights, scientists and mathematicians etc and scholarship was encouraged.
• Alexander had Greek temples, theatres, baths and gymnasiums built and Greek architecture, statues and inscriptions were distributed spread through the lands in abundance.
• The empire used Greek coinage depicting the images of Greek Gods and commemorating Greek historical and mythological events.
• He encouraged Greek intermarriage with the local peoples.
• His Generals continued the Hellenization process as they expanded their portions of the Empire, after Alexanders death.

Athens pioneered democratic self-rule, but it was different from today's representative democracy. It was direct democracy where the adult male citizens met in fortnightly assembly and decided on issues of governance and politics - the council carried out its decisions.

Democracy comes from the Greek words meaning 'people power'.

In today's representative democracy elected members of parliament direct governance, and are far less attuned to what their people really want until it comes time for new election promises in order to get re-elected.