The Odyssey
... Homer was a blind poet and storyteller who lived around the time of 720 B.C. Homer is considered the inventor of the long or extended simile. He specialized in using flashback, cliffhangers and fully developed characters. Aristotle called The Iliad the first great tragedy. ...
... Homer was a blind poet and storyteller who lived around the time of 720 B.C. Homer is considered the inventor of the long or extended simile. He specialized in using flashback, cliffhangers and fully developed characters. Aristotle called The Iliad the first great tragedy. ...
Greek gods and goddesses
... Meet the Greek gods and goddesses Athena Athena was tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, and she liked owls. From the beginning, she was a pretty amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman n ...
... Meet the Greek gods and goddesses Athena Athena was tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, and she liked owls. From the beginning, she was a pretty amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman n ...
The Trojan War Power Point
... Was There a Trojan War? • There were a number of problems, however, with Schliemann’s findings: – Schleimann was not a trained archaeologist; he was also often a liar and a cheat – Schliemann also dug right past what is the most likely candidate to be the Troy of the Trojan War; the level of Troy h ...
... Was There a Trojan War? • There were a number of problems, however, with Schliemann’s findings: – Schleimann was not a trained archaeologist; he was also often a liar and a cheat – Schliemann also dug right past what is the most likely candidate to be the Troy of the Trojan War; the level of Troy h ...
Living in Ancient Greece
... the next. Greek myths told of the magical powers and adventures of the gods. The Greeks worshipped the nature spirits of rivers, springs, trees, and caves. But most important to them were the gods and goddesses that came from the snow-covered peaks of Mount Olympus. The ancient Greeks thought that t ...
... the next. Greek myths told of the magical powers and adventures of the gods. The Greeks worshipped the nature spirits of rivers, springs, trees, and caves. But most important to them were the gods and goddesses that came from the snow-covered peaks of Mount Olympus. The ancient Greeks thought that t ...
Intro to Greek Theater and Oedipus
... Laius - Oedipus’s birth father - was raised by a single mother who ruled Thebes as her dead husband’s regent. Laius’s two young cousins usurped the throne & plotted to kill young Laius. So, Laius was smuggled out of Thebes and given to Pelops, King of Pisa, to raise. Laius became the tutor of ...
... Laius - Oedipus’s birth father - was raised by a single mother who ruled Thebes as her dead husband’s regent. Laius’s two young cousins usurped the throne & plotted to kill young Laius. So, Laius was smuggled out of Thebes and given to Pelops, King of Pisa, to raise. Laius became the tutor of ...
REVIEW - Monroe Community College
... the Homeric Epics, as well as adding a few that are absent; this incongruity indicates a schism between the mythical and idealized Greece that Homer wrote about and the true Mycenaean society. It is reasonable to infer that the myth of Zeus’ protection of the wanderer sprung from Wright’s social nec ...
... the Homeric Epics, as well as adding a few that are absent; this incongruity indicates a schism between the mythical and idealized Greece that Homer wrote about and the true Mycenaean society. It is reasonable to infer that the myth of Zeus’ protection of the wanderer sprung from Wright’s social nec ...
british museum classical greece
... Find two examples of mythological scenes or stories which are identifiable because the names of the characters have been painted in next to them. Find an example of a mythological scene which you can identify, but which does not have names painted in. What features did you use (not counting the lab ...
... Find two examples of mythological scenes or stories which are identifiable because the names of the characters have been painted in next to them. Find an example of a mythological scene which you can identify, but which does not have names painted in. What features did you use (not counting the lab ...
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... Find two examples of mythological scenes or stories which are identifiable because the names of the characters have been painted in next to them. Find an example of a mythological scene which you can identify, but which does not have names painted in. What features did you use (not counting the labe ...
... Find two examples of mythological scenes or stories which are identifiable because the names of the characters have been painted in next to them. Find an example of a mythological scene which you can identify, but which does not have names painted in. What features did you use (not counting the labe ...
antigone webquest
... Before beginning your exploration into the world of Antigone, you must first become acquainted with Sophocles and The Greek Theater. The following pages will provide you with the information you need. ...
... Before beginning your exploration into the world of Antigone, you must first become acquainted with Sophocles and The Greek Theater. The following pages will provide you with the information you need. ...
THE GREEK MYTHS
... older English poetry, what do the Classical myths tell us? Often their meaning is obscure, contradictory and (if taken literally) frightening. One might well ask if there is another way of approach. Euhemeros, a Greek writer on myth and mythic history in the early third century B.C. had already sugg ...
... older English poetry, what do the Classical myths tell us? Often their meaning is obscure, contradictory and (if taken literally) frightening. One might well ask if there is another way of approach. Euhemeros, a Greek writer on myth and mythic history in the early third century B.C. had already sugg ...
Context - ProtoGreeks
... From Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 10th ed. In the Iliad, Homer wrote of the might and splendor of the Achaean host deployed for war against Troy: So clan after clan poured out from the ships and huts onto the plain of Scamander, and. . . found their places in the flowery meadows by the river, inn ...
... From Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 10th ed. In the Iliad, Homer wrote of the might and splendor of the Achaean host deployed for war against Troy: So clan after clan poured out from the ships and huts onto the plain of Scamander, and. . . found their places in the flowery meadows by the river, inn ...
Hegel on Conscience:
... present. Of the Greeks in the first and true form of their freedom we can assert that they had no conscience. The habit of living for the fatherland, without further reflection, was the dominant principle among them. They did not know the abstraction of the state, which for us is what is essential; ...
... present. Of the Greeks in the first and true form of their freedom we can assert that they had no conscience. The habit of living for the fatherland, without further reflection, was the dominant principle among them. They did not know the abstraction of the state, which for us is what is essential; ...
Greek Drama - The Lesson Builder
... of Greek tragedy. Born in near Athens in 496 BCE in the town of Colonus, in his ninetyyear lifespan he witnessed the rise and fall of the Athenian Golden Age. Sophocles was the son of a wealthy manufacturer. He grew up during the Persian Wars, and was chosen to participate in the victory celebration ...
... of Greek tragedy. Born in near Athens in 496 BCE in the town of Colonus, in his ninetyyear lifespan he witnessed the rise and fall of the Athenian Golden Age. Sophocles was the son of a wealthy manufacturer. He grew up during the Persian Wars, and was chosen to participate in the victory celebration ...
Handout 1
... [120] Then she went to tell Zeus the son of Kronos, and said, ‘Father Zeus, lord of the lightning - I have a word for your ear. There is a fine child born this day, Eurystheus, son to Sthenelos the son of Perseus; he is of your lineage; it is well, therefore, that he should reign over the Argives.’ ...
... [120] Then she went to tell Zeus the son of Kronos, and said, ‘Father Zeus, lord of the lightning - I have a word for your ear. There is a fine child born this day, Eurystheus, son to Sthenelos the son of Perseus; he is of your lineage; it is well, therefore, that he should reign over the Argives.’ ...
Document
... Homer was a blind poet and storyteller who lived around the time of 720 B.C. Homer is considered the inventor of the long or extended simile. He specialized in using flashback, cliffhangers and fully developed characters. Aristotle called The Iliad the first great tragedy. ...
... Homer was a blind poet and storyteller who lived around the time of 720 B.C. Homer is considered the inventor of the long or extended simile. He specialized in using flashback, cliffhangers and fully developed characters. Aristotle called The Iliad the first great tragedy. ...
Pompeii and Herculaneum Influence of Greek and Egyptian Cultures
... covering the walls of both public and private buildings with paintings. Only those areas isolated from view, such as kitchens and slave quarters, were usually devoid of wall paintings. Because very few inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum could afford to decorate their homes in original Greek art, ...
... covering the walls of both public and private buildings with paintings. Only those areas isolated from view, such as kitchens and slave quarters, were usually devoid of wall paintings. Because very few inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum could afford to decorate their homes in original Greek art, ...
groovy greeks - Birmingham Stage Company
... The ‘City Dionysia’ was a four day long festival in which different tribes competed against each other, singing and dancing in honour of Dionysus. It was held originally in Athens, but soon spread to ...
... The ‘City Dionysia’ was a four day long festival in which different tribes competed against each other, singing and dancing in honour of Dionysus. It was held originally in Athens, but soon spread to ...
history - Malmberg
... was inequality between free people and slaves. Slavery was quite normal in ancient Greece. A slave was someone’s property and did not have any rights. You were a slave if your parents were slaves or if you had been made a prisoner of war. Slaves worked in the mines, as rowers on ships, as housekeepe ...
... was inequality between free people and slaves. Slavery was quite normal in ancient Greece. A slave was someone’s property and did not have any rights. You were a slave if your parents were slaves or if you had been made a prisoner of war. Slaves worked in the mines, as rowers on ships, as housekeepe ...
Ancient Greek Theatre
... lampoons....Thus among the early poets, some became poets of heroic verse and others again of iambic verse. Homer was not only the master poet of the serious vein, unique in the general excellence of his imitations and especially in the dramatic quality he imparts to them, but was also the first to ...
... lampoons....Thus among the early poets, some became poets of heroic verse and others again of iambic verse. Homer was not only the master poet of the serious vein, unique in the general excellence of his imitations and especially in the dramatic quality he imparts to them, but was also the first to ...
Agamemnon and Greek Theatre Study Guide
... 20. What entity was responsible for making theatre space available for rehearsals as well as the actors and authors’ salary, who participated in the festival? 21. Explain step by step the theory that theatre originated from Greek religious festivals. 22. Greek plays were based on what that was alrea ...
... 20. What entity was responsible for making theatre space available for rehearsals as well as the actors and authors’ salary, who participated in the festival? 21. Explain step by step the theory that theatre originated from Greek religious festivals. 22. Greek plays were based on what that was alrea ...
Chapter Nineteen, Lecture Two
... • The Hellespont always a critical chokepoint between East and West • Nine levels of historic Troy, beginning in 3000 BC. • Troy VII (1150 BC) mostly likely Homer’s Troy – Crowded housing, stockpiles of food, other evidence of seige ...
... • The Hellespont always a critical chokepoint between East and West • Nine levels of historic Troy, beginning in 3000 BC. • Troy VII (1150 BC) mostly likely Homer’s Troy – Crowded housing, stockpiles of food, other evidence of seige ...
Book-1-Part
... Heaney’s and Sophocles’ plays are set in ancient Thebes (the Greek Thebes which is north-west of Athens, not the Egyptian Thebes, which is on the River Nile, near Luxor). The outline of the story, but not the details, is drawn from Greek myth…. The mythological story behind the play Antigone’s openi ...
... Heaney’s and Sophocles’ plays are set in ancient Thebes (the Greek Thebes which is north-west of Athens, not the Egyptian Thebes, which is on the River Nile, near Luxor). The outline of the story, but not the details, is drawn from Greek myth…. The mythological story behind the play Antigone’s openi ...
Ancient Ancient Greece
... The Greeks lived on rocky, mountainous lands surrounded by water. The mainland of Greece is a peninsula, an area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water. But the Greek peninsula is very irregular. It’s one big peninsula made up of a series of smaller peninsulas. The land and sea intertwin ...
... The Greeks lived on rocky, mountainous lands surrounded by water. The mainland of Greece is a peninsula, an area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water. But the Greek peninsula is very irregular. It’s one big peninsula made up of a series of smaller peninsulas. The land and sea intertwin ...
DISCOBOLUS (DISCUS THROWER)
... • Aphrodite was the only goddess to be regularly shown nude in Greek art. • In Roman mythology Aphrodite is known as Venus. Women in Ancient Greece · Female nudity was never a social norm as it was for men. In art it was restricted to certain contexts: religion, rape scenes and images of the sex ind ...
... • Aphrodite was the only goddess to be regularly shown nude in Greek art. • In Roman mythology Aphrodite is known as Venus. Women in Ancient Greece · Female nudity was never a social norm as it was for men. In art it was restricted to certain contexts: religion, rape scenes and images of the sex ind ...
No Slide Title
... was born of Chaos. Uranos was Gaea’s equal so brother and sister gave birth to the first divine generation. Cronus and Rea, Gaea and Uranus children, gave birth to the second divine generation. They gave birth to six children. Five of them were swallowed by their father, Cronus. When Rea gave birth ...
... was born of Chaos. Uranos was Gaea’s equal so brother and sister gave birth to the first divine generation. Cronus and Rea, Gaea and Uranus children, gave birth to the second divine generation. They gave birth to six children. Five of them were swallowed by their father, Cronus. When Rea gave birth ...
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.Greek mythology is explicitly embodied in a large collection of narratives, and implicitly in Greek representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines and mythological creatures. These accounts initially were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature.The oldest known Greek literary sources, Homer's epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on the Trojan War and its aftermath. Two poems by Homer's near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the fifth century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age, and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.Archaeological findings provide a principal source of detail about Greek mythology, with gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration of many artifacts. Geometric designs on pottery of the eighth century BC depict scenes from the Trojan cycle as well as the adventures of Heracles. In the succeeding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, Homeric and various other mythological scenes appear, supplementing the existing literary evidence. Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes.