the Persian Wars
... members donated funds to pay for a navy that protected all of Greece. This league, however, would lead to Athens abusing its power and using the navy primarily for its own purposes. Lastly, the defeat of the Persian Empire allowed Greek culture to continue to thrive and spread throughout the world. ...
... members donated funds to pay for a navy that protected all of Greece. This league, however, would lead to Athens abusing its power and using the navy primarily for its own purposes. Lastly, the defeat of the Persian Empire allowed Greek culture to continue to thrive and spread throughout the world. ...
outline-the-causes-of-the-battle-of-marathon-evaluate-the
... The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia's first major attempt to conquer the remainder of the Greeks and add them to the Persian Empire, thereby securing the weakest portion of his Western border.1 Persia had several reasons for their attack on Athens at Marath ...
... The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia's first major attempt to conquer the remainder of the Greeks and add them to the Persian Empire, thereby securing the weakest portion of his Western border.1 Persia had several reasons for their attack on Athens at Marath ...
Glossary of Greek Words
... City Dionysia/Greater Dionysia: Annual Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus, at which dramatic competitions were held. Tragedy may have been performed at the City Dionysia as early as 534 B.C.; other scholars place its inception there at around 500. Delian League: An alliance formed between Athens ...
... City Dionysia/Greater Dionysia: Annual Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus, at which dramatic competitions were held. Tragedy may have been performed at the City Dionysia as early as 534 B.C.; other scholars place its inception there at around 500. Delian League: An alliance formed between Athens ...
Lysias, Against Eratosthenes, 1-36
... • Rhetoric crucial to tragedy and comedy (performance crucial) ...
... • Rhetoric crucial to tragedy and comedy (performance crucial) ...
background to antigone
... orchestras began to be paved with marble and other materials. In the center of the orchestra there was often a thymele, or altar. The orchestra of the theater of Dionysus in Athens was about 60 feet in diameter. Theatron: The theatron (literally, "viewing-place") is where the spectators sat. The the ...
... orchestras began to be paved with marble and other materials. In the center of the orchestra there was often a thymele, or altar. The orchestra of the theater of Dionysus in Athens was about 60 feet in diameter. Theatron: The theatron (literally, "viewing-place") is where the spectators sat. The the ...
File - Myers English
... numbers of people attended the parade. The procession itself was a spectacle, and intended as a reenactment of Dionysus' journey to Athens. Once at the theater and prior to the performance of the plays, the theater was sprinkled with the blood of sacrificial pigs for purification. The festival allow ...
... numbers of people attended the parade. The procession itself was a spectacle, and intended as a reenactment of Dionysus' journey to Athens. Once at the theater and prior to the performance of the plays, the theater was sprinkled with the blood of sacrificial pigs for purification. The festival allow ...
Chapter 5: Greek Civilization
... The Spread of Greek Culture Greek cities became centers of learning and culture. Greek scientists developed advanced ideas about astronomy and mathematics. ...
... The Spread of Greek Culture Greek cities became centers of learning and culture. Greek scientists developed advanced ideas about astronomy and mathematics. ...
File - Ancient Greece Persia
... the rise of Macedonian King Philip II who, with his phalanxes of long spears, dominated all the other Greeks and then his son, Alexander the Great, used those same long-speared phalanxes to dominate the entire known world. But that is another story. From Macedonia on the map, move far to the east an ...
... the rise of Macedonian King Philip II who, with his phalanxes of long spears, dominated all the other Greeks and then his son, Alexander the Great, used those same long-speared phalanxes to dominate the entire known world. But that is another story. From Macedonia on the map, move far to the east an ...
Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660
... • Parity between large states meant that the battles gained little for anyone • Diplomacy and treaties replaced fighting ...
... • Parity between large states meant that the battles gained little for anyone • Diplomacy and treaties replaced fighting ...
Chronology
... The Delian League Within two years of the Persian retreat, Greek unity, strained even during the life-and-death struggle with Persia, /J gave way to division. TWQ2pheres of-influence emerged~ one dominated by Sparta; the-other ~y Atnens. The reasons ~ for the split lay m the loman Greeks ongomg need ...
... The Delian League Within two years of the Persian retreat, Greek unity, strained even during the life-and-death struggle with Persia, /J gave way to division. TWQ2pheres of-influence emerged~ one dominated by Sparta; the-other ~y Atnens. The reasons ~ for the split lay m the loman Greeks ongomg need ...
Greece and Iran 1000-30 BCE
... across western and Central Asia. Several of these groups arrived in western Iran near the end of the second millennium B.C.E. The first to achieve a complex level of political organization was the Medes (Mada in Iranian). They settled in the northwest and came under the influence of the ancient cent ...
... across western and Central Asia. Several of these groups arrived in western Iran near the end of the second millennium B.C.E. The first to achieve a complex level of political organization was the Medes (Mada in Iranian). They settled in the northwest and came under the influence of the ancient cent ...
Greek Philosophy and History
... Plato was from a noble Greek family and had planned a career in politics. However, he was so horrified by the death of his teacher, Socrates, that he left politics and spent many years traveling and writing. When Plato returned to Athens in 387 B.C., he founded an academy, where he taught using Socr ...
... Plato was from a noble Greek family and had planned a career in politics. However, he was so horrified by the death of his teacher, Socrates, that he left politics and spent many years traveling and writing. When Plato returned to Athens in 387 B.C., he founded an academy, where he taught using Socr ...
Chapter 4
... Mycenaean Greece? Where is Troy? What is the importance of that city for our understanding of Mycenaean culture? Which archaeologist unearthed this city? In what regions on this map did the Ionian Greeks live? The Aeolians? The Dorians? What role does Messenia play in Spartan history? What was the i ...
... Mycenaean Greece? Where is Troy? What is the importance of that city for our understanding of Mycenaean culture? Which archaeologist unearthed this city? In what regions on this map did the Ionian Greeks live? The Aeolians? The Dorians? What role does Messenia play in Spartan history? What was the i ...
Ancient Greek Theatre The Greek theatre history began with festiv
... The first writer of satyric dramas was Pratinus, of Phlius, a town not far from Sicyon. For some time previous to this poet, and probably as early as Thespis, tragedy had been gradually departing more and more from its old characteristics, and inclining to heroic fables, to which the chorus of satyr ...
... The first writer of satyric dramas was Pratinus, of Phlius, a town not far from Sicyon. For some time previous to this poet, and probably as early as Thespis, tragedy had been gradually departing more and more from its old characteristics, and inclining to heroic fables, to which the chorus of satyr ...
Ancient Greece 2004 - Mr Jennings
... place the ancient Greek civilisation accurately on a time line and demonstrate their understanding of BC and AD; describe important features of life in ancient Greece, and compare life in different city states; explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them; understand the ...
... place the ancient Greek civilisation accurately on a time line and demonstrate their understanding of BC and AD; describe important features of life in ancient Greece, and compare life in different city states; explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them; understand the ...
Spring 2016
... Western literature begins with the Iliad. Many of the stories, story patterns, and literary genres we now take for granted got their start in Archaic and Classical Greece. In this course, we will read influential texts, dating from the 8th to the 3rd centuries BC. You will meet Achilles, Agamemnon, ...
... Western literature begins with the Iliad. Many of the stories, story patterns, and literary genres we now take for granted got their start in Archaic and Classical Greece. In this course, we will read influential texts, dating from the 8th to the 3rd centuries BC. You will meet Achilles, Agamemnon, ...
T The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000
... across western and Central Asia. Several of these groups arrived in western Iran near the end of the second millennium B.C.E. The first to achieve a complex level of political organization was the Medes (Mada in Iranian). They settled in the northwest and came under the influence of the ancient cent ...
... across western and Central Asia. Several of these groups arrived in western Iran near the end of the second millennium B.C.E. The first to achieve a complex level of political organization was the Medes (Mada in Iranian). They settled in the northwest and came under the influence of the ancient cent ...
Golden Age of Pericles PowerPoint
... Pericles – Athenian leader –worked on democracy from 461-429 BC. - period between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars Nickname – “First Citizen” Had 3 Major Goals for Athens: Strengthen Democracy Increase trade Beautify Greece w/ art and architecture http://bestanimations.com/C artoons/FamousTo ...
... Pericles – Athenian leader –worked on democracy from 461-429 BC. - period between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars Nickname – “First Citizen” Had 3 Major Goals for Athens: Strengthen Democracy Increase trade Beautify Greece w/ art and architecture http://bestanimations.com/C artoons/FamousTo ...
History of Koine Greek - Ministry Training with Grace Notes
... Lysias and Plato. Dionysios of Alexandria, who taught from 30-8 B.C. in Rome –the most significant center for Hellenic culture and letters at the time– was the most important theorist of the Atticists. This movement spread quickly thanks to the popularity of the Attic dialect; the prestige of the wri ...
... Lysias and Plato. Dionysios of Alexandria, who taught from 30-8 B.C. in Rome –the most significant center for Hellenic culture and letters at the time– was the most important theorist of the Atticists. This movement spread quickly thanks to the popularity of the Attic dialect; the prestige of the wri ...
The impact of Athens on the development of the Greek language
... Greek today is the alphabet as it was formulated at the end of the fifth century BC in Athens. Another innovation of Athens in writing was the change since 550 BC into ‘direct’ writing (eg 8i)0fi), that is from left to right, abandoning the older Greek styles: from right to left (eni x a A,aux) like ...
... Greek today is the alphabet as it was formulated at the end of the fifth century BC in Athens. Another innovation of Athens in writing was the change since 550 BC into ‘direct’ writing (eg 8i)0fi), that is from left to right, abandoning the older Greek styles: from right to left (eni x a A,aux) like ...
Intro to Greek Drama
... Chapter 4: The Origins & Development of Poetry “The creation of poetry generally is due to two causes, both rooted in human nature. The instinct for imitation is inherent in human beings… Also inborn in all of us is the instinct to enjoy works of imitation.” (Poetics 60) “The reason for this is tha ...
... Chapter 4: The Origins & Development of Poetry “The creation of poetry generally is due to two causes, both rooted in human nature. The instinct for imitation is inherent in human beings… Also inborn in all of us is the instinct to enjoy works of imitation.” (Poetics 60) “The reason for this is tha ...
Reading Check
... from. The English language is full of words from other languages, such as Greek, Latin, and German. Some of these words are used in their original form. Often, they have changed over time. Sometimes, a foreign word or root is joined with English prefixes or suffixes. The two together then make a new ...
... from. The English language is full of words from other languages, such as Greek, Latin, and German. Some of these words are used in their original form. Often, they have changed over time. Sometimes, a foreign word or root is joined with English prefixes or suffixes. The two together then make a new ...
Module 6 Greek
... farmers of an area could retreat in the event of an attack as in the Mycenaean citadels – Over time, towns grew around these defensible areas. ...
... farmers of an area could retreat in the event of an attack as in the Mycenaean citadels – Over time, towns grew around these defensible areas. ...
Unit 2 SG 3
... in 490 BC and the subsequent repulsion at Salamis in 480 BC of a further Persian invasion under Xerxes which had resulted in the sacking of Athens” (34). 3. “The Kritios Boy, found on the Acropolis at Athens during the nineteenth century, probably dates from the period of freedom immediately followi ...
... in 490 BC and the subsequent repulsion at Salamis in 480 BC of a further Persian invasion under Xerxes which had resulted in the sacking of Athens” (34). 3. “The Kritios Boy, found on the Acropolis at Athens during the nineteenth century, probably dates from the period of freedom immediately followi ...
Greek contributions to Islamic world
Greece played an important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to the Islamic world and to Renaissance Italy, and also in the transmission of medieval Arabic science to Renaissance Italy. Its rich historiographical tradition preserved ancient knowledge upon which art, architecture, literature and technological achievements were built.