Ancient Greece : Western Arts And Architectures In Western Greece

Athenian society was very dynamic in many areas while it was strict in regard to the treatment of women. Although Athenian women were protected by the state and did not know a different way of living, they were very stifled and restricted. The only exception was slaves, and heteria, prostitutes, and this was due to the fact that they had no male guardians. Since these women were on there own they had to take care of themselves, and therefore were independent. In a more recent and modern way of viewing the role of a woman, independence and freedom to do as one likes is one of the most important aspects of living. In Athens the wives had none of this freedom and the prostitutes did. Who then really had a “better”

Ancient Greece is one of the most famous and important contributors to Western Civilization and the modern world. The Greek civilization only lasted around 4 centuries, but the Greeks civilization and ideas have formed and shaped the ideas and civilizations of the world for thousands of years. The Greeks strived for arête meaning being excellent in everything they do. The Greeks were in fact, excellent in everything they did. Greek culture is used as a reference for their democratic government, medicine, and sciences. Their literature, philosophy, architecture, math, science, arts, and religion are studied and used today all around the world. The Greeks were a very advanced culture, starting the first democratic government which most democratic countries studied to create their own government. They produce some of the most famous writers and philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Socrates, Thales and more. Their mathematical theories and formulas are used in math classes around the world. Their architecture is still being used because some of their buildings still stand today and the beauty they were able to capture. They were great merchants, traders, and colonizers. The influences of Greek culture affected not only other cultures or civilizations but still impacting lives today. The Greeks were unique in the way they thought and in their actions. The advanced art and literature are being taught today in schools. Their philosophies are still being examined today.

The Athenian people had a very modernized and an opened outlook towards life. In contrast to Sparta, in Athens, males were not obliged to join the armed forces they had the opportunity to pursue a good education and distinct varieties of arts and sciences courses. The people of Sparta were not open to other forms of education they only focused on military obedience and power. They didn’t also associate with people outside their territories. Family ties in Athens however, were much stronger. Women were officially dependents of their spouses or their fathers. Women in Athens had no right to own an asset apart from their family. In Sparta, women enjoyed more privileges than women in the other Greek countries did. Women in Sparta were stronger and they formed close relations with their men as they chose. Women could also possess their own assets. In the Athenian region females worked on house chores such as cooking or weaving but in Sparta, the females were free of all of such chores. (Differ,

Greek Woman was considered to be submissive which means once you are married to a woman, then she is in your full control. The woman in ancient was not allowed to own the property, in one way we can also relate that the woman had fewer rights than the man because they could hardly express their feeling. The woman was not considered as the citizens.

During the early era of the Golden age and late of Classical age of Ancient Greece, from the years 520-321 BC womens roles were significantly different between the two mainly Greek city state Athens and Sparta. These roles that the women presented had huge differences in a way women were portrayed in their societies. Both cities were very different in many ways, the females were raised very differently, and had different duties they had to perform. For example if you commit adultery by Spartan women it was considered tolerated and encourage in their society on the other hand adultery in Athenian women was not even considered and substantially have very few consequences. Unlike the Spartan women Athenian women were treated as unimportant citizens in a lot of ways. They were classified into three different classes. The lowest class which were considered as slaves, the citizen class, and the Hetaerae which were considered as prostitutes, but they were allowed to have education and go to marketplaces, and have rights. With Spartan women they were taught to read and write, also were expected to protect themselves and the children since men were barely around. They were definitely different from other Greek cities and were mainly raised to act as warriors because of the responsibility of owning and protecting their homes. These womens had three considerable lifestyle differences how they were raised , How were their marriages, and what responsibilities they had. These will serve

Greek culture had a profound influence on Roman and modern Western civilization. One of the most famous works of ancient Greek literature is Greek mythology, a collection of legends about gods such as Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo ... Greek philosophy is the foundation. Of Western philosophy with famous philosophers such as Thales, Platon, Aristote ... Greek mathematics and science have achieved quite a number of brilliant accomplishments with master scientists like Pythagoras and Archimedes. They invented the basic theorems for modern math and science. Greek architecture has also achieved great successes with works such as the Parthenon, Olympia and Delphi, with a number of temples, squares, theaters and other stadiums. Greece was also the birthplace of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC and was held every four years,

Women’s role in Greece can be seen when one first begins to do research on the subject. The subject of women in Greece is coupled with the subject of slaves. This is the earliest classification of women in Greek society. Although women were treated differently from city to city the basic premise of that treatment never changed. Women were only useful for establishing a bloodline that could carry on the family name and give the proper last rites to the husband. However, women did form life long bonds with their husbands and found love in arranged marriages. Women in Athenian Society Women are “defined as near slaves, or as perpetual minors” in Athenian society (The Greek World, pg. 200). For women life didn’t

Point 1: The Greek city-states were largely male dominated. According to Darlington, men could only vote, boys could only go to school, girls were married to men twice their age and a woman’s only job was to bear children (especially boys). All the Greek city-states felt men were more important. In Sparta, women could own land, women actually ended up owning more land than men, but they still couldn’t vote. In Athens’ men controlled everything that happened in the home. Marriage feasts were one of the only occasions where the women could celebrate. This links the Greek city-states together as their society valued men above all others (children and women)

It all starts from when humans started to believe in Polytheism that women have been struggling though life to present day all because it created this idea that women are less superior then men. For example, women who work full time jobs gets paid eighty cents to a dollar a man makes while working and in America for women to vote it took till the 19th centuries for them to be able to join politics since the day America has declared independence from Great Britain which was 1776. It took almost three centuries for women to be able to feel equal gender to their opposite sex and from that day women are still coming across inequality in aspects of life around world. Majority of this all ties back to women in Ancient

The treatment of women in ancient societies was the same in nearly every ancient civilization. The majority of ancient Greece, especially Athens, was no exception. The treatment of women in Athens was the same as every other Greek city-state, except Sparta. Women’s rights in Athens and Sparta were completely different for a short period of time before it returned to how it was before Sparta conquered Messenia. Women in Sparta had rights women everywhere else in Ancient Greece, especially Athens, didn’t have. They had control over property, worked, and did basically everything men did before, rights that women could have never have dreamed of having before that time (Fleck and Hanssen, 2005).

Ancient Greece was a time where men were in complete control over there wives and daughters. This was also a time where a man's word was law. Women did not have much of a say so during this period. Men could go about as they pleased without asking permission. Women could not leave as they pleased. They had to ask the leader of the household before leaving and if they didn't there were serious consequences. Boys were allowed to go off to school and learn about war while girls were forced to stay home and help their mothers take care of the household. Even though the main difference during this time was sex, women and girls also had many differences.

Women of Ancient Greece had few freedoms and limited rights. Statuses and women’s placement in the hierarchy were dependent on their husbands and number of births. They were kept under the control of their husbands, fathers, and brother and had little power in politics. Women also had few social interactions and were kept in the house to tend to the children as well as spin and weave. Only mistresses and prostitutes were given larger freedom in terms of social interaction, not totally under

Ancient Greece (from the 8th to 6th centuries BC) was a significant milestone in the development of civilization, moving away from tribal societies and finding a way to unite politically, not just culturally. There were questions being asked in this time that had never been thought before, and the first democracy was put into action.

Western society is a result of many different artistic, philosophic, literary and legal themes and traditions that originated in various parts of the world throughout various times in history. The study of these influences and their origins is important to get a better understanding of our culture and to establish a world-view. One of the largest influencers was the Ancient Greek civilization that is considered to be the cultural foundation of Western civilization. They influenced science, philosophy, mathematics, politics, literature and architecture.

Ancient Greece has always been an interest of mine I choose number two as my topic because the architecture is amazingly beautiful. Also a lot of ancient greece architecture has gone through hardship that there is little to no remains of the structure, trying to imagine what structure would look like or if reconstruction was added to the structure is very interesting. The Temple of Hera II or Apollo , Paestum, Italy, ca. 460 BCE. (Figure #1) and the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 427–424 BCE. (Figure #3) are great examples of this. The reading below can tell you more about these two temples, their similarities and differences