Greek Vs. Hellenistic Civilization

The Persian War was fought by the Greeks and the Persians, and if the Greeks lost, we would not have democracy, science, or education. The war was started when the Greeks helped rebels in a city state near Persia burn a Persian city. The Greeks used strategy and their surroundings to their advantage to win the Persian War. The Persian War had three main battles: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis

Throughout the Ancient Greek world, there have been many wars and standoffs. However, there has been only one which changed the course of Greek history forever; the Peloponnesian War. Caused by the growing tension between Athens and Sparta, it came and left, leaving only destruction in its wake. The defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War caused the downfall of Greece, and the end of the Classical Age.

​There are two main periods in Greece history, Hellenic and Hellenistic period. They have some similarities but they are significantly different. Many people believe that the Classical era is the most impressive due to the success in literature, science, philosophy and architecture, which does not mean that the Ancient Greece is less significant. While in Hellenic era they saw rising and falling of the polis in Hellenistic era it was more about war and fighting for among the prevailing dynasties. The thing that they have in common is that they were consistent in discovering new philosophies and science also decreasing the role of gods.

This paperwork examines how the differences amongst the Hellenic along with the Hellenistic ages might appear in the artistic r cultural production of every era. The ideas presented in this article bases its focus on the Ancient period such as Ancient Greeks. Besides, the report also focuses on studying the impact that Hellenic had on other times like the medieval period, the Renaissance, together with modern times in appearing in the cultural production of each era. The presentation has the principal objective of examining the differences between the Hellenic or classical ages and the Hellenistic ages (Cicarma, 2014). This paperwork focuses on how the differences in these two generations influence daily lives of people in the society. Besides, the illustrations on this article examine how the differences between the ages reflected in the literature, art, art philosophy of the two periods. The paper shows how the shift from Hellenic together Hellenistic era represents the changes from the civilization dominated by ethnic Greeks. It, however, illustrates that scattered geographically to the culture are disseminated by natives and speakers of Greek of whatever ethnicity and from the dominance of political issues in the city-state to that of larger monarchies (Holladay, 2011). This presentation remains constrained in degree to Ancient culture between 510 BCE and 323 BCE, a period that alludes to as Classical Greece.

King Darius and Persians wanted more land and to take over Greece as a whole. The Ionians rebelled against the Persians and the Greeks helped them do that.

The second factor that led to the persian wars was Greece involvement in helping the ionian to revolt against the persians. With Aristagoras, fearing the reaction of the persian king Darius to his defeat, he took the leader of the revolutionary movement after his failed expedition against the Naxos, Aristagoras deposed the other pro-Persian Ionian tyrants and set up democracies in their place, basically like the Athenian democracy. However, Athens and another city-state, Eretria, did send ships and troops who joined the Ionians, marched into the provincial capital, In Herodotus Histories book states that “the forces of the Ionian League march against Sardis and “liberate” it but in the ensuing celebration, the Ionians burn the city down”, though they did not capture the citadel. The Persians criticized the Greeks as invading terrorists. However when persians failed on their first attack by using the strategy of land, this time they decided to attack by sea this was because the Persians were especially mad at the Athenians because the Athenians had invaded them during the ionian revolt, if they got Athens, then maybe they would attack the rest of

Ancient Greece was one of the most advanced civilization in terms of social, economic, political, religious, philosophy, art and literature. But why were they so ahead compared to earlier civilizations such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and the Indus Valley? Ancient Greece had the geography, the power along with influence, and the right society to develop into one of the most successful civilization ever. Their geography allowed for them to create multiple city-states and easy agriculture which also a large part of their economy. Greece's government and society allowed them to produce some of the most well known philosopher, mathematicians, and scientist. Greece's government and society was mainly focused on teaching and exploring many areas of knowledge, this lead to many great philosophers and mathematicians.

One of the main components that defined the ancient world is war. During the era of expansion and conquest, wars were waged across lands near and far. By means of defense, revolts arose at this time of numerous battles as well as the formation of alliances. As a whole, war is a struggle for power. For instance, two great ancient civilizations, Greece and Persia, fought in a series of conflicts known as the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus, the historian who first wrote about the Persian Wars, once said, “Great things are won by great dangers.” All war is dangerous, yet the advancements made afterward help form civilizations and promote future prosperity. The Greco-Persian Wars were significant for world history because they paved the way for

With the rise of Alexander “The Great” begins the Hellenistic Age which is used to describe a time which Greek culture spread to places like Egypt and Asia. Due to this Greek culture had changed from what it was during Classical Greece as they were able to achieve much more with this new diverse culture. The Classical Age of Greece is known for its work in philosophy and the arts. The work of Greek philosophers of this time such Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle cannot go unnoticed in these contexts as their accomplishments still have lasting effects on our world today. Along with the great work of these philosophers, came other great works in architecture and drama. Beginning in 448 B.C. Pericles began the construction of the Acropolis,

Greek sculpture is known for its beauty and attention to detail. Two of the most prominent eras in Greek sculpture are the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The Classical period took place from 500-323 BC. It is the period between Persian wars and ends with the death of Alexander the Great (History). Classical sculptures are known for being less detailed more stagnant. The Hellenistic period begins when the Classical period ends, in 323 BC. This period ends in 31 BC “with the conquest of the last Hellenistic kingdom by Rome” (Simonin). Hellenistic sculptures are known for being more realistic and active. Both periods of sculpture focused heavily on human anatomy, they just differed in their approaches to illustrate the human body.

One decade went by, Persia attacked the Greece once again. This time was in Thermopylae. The event that directly led up to it was that the Athenians had helped in the Asia Minor Ionians revolting. Persian regarded it as a signal and took the opportunity to revenge. Of course, objectively speaking, the real cause of the war was the aggression and expansion of Persian Empire.

The way the Greeks ran their city-states was second to none. So it was only fitting that other society’s tried to mimic what the Greeks were doing, and so a man by the name of Alexander the great, who was eager to start his own age created the Hellenistic age. Hellenistic means “literally imitating the Greeks; the era after the death of Alexander the Great when Greek culture spread into the Near East and blended with the culture of that region.” (Spielvogel, 94) Even though Alexander the great set the foundation for the Hellenistic age it truly began to take form after his death.

In both era’s they have similarities their culture can be traced in the human figures of prehistoric art. In the Paleolithic period, shows how the people could utilize the world around them. Although, they document a critical development in our evolution human’s ability to transform the world around them into specific tools and objects that could be used to complete a task. We could say that the both type of art culture was very impressive to show us now the living way of the stone

Two main factors led to the Persian Wars. First, there was Persian expansion into the West. Second, Solon's reforms and Peisistratus’ seizing control of Sigeum had made Athens especially sensitive to any threats to its grain route from the Black Sea. Further complicating this was the fact that several Athenian nobles held lands in the North Aegean. The Ionian Greeks submitted to Persian rule and lived under appointed Greek tyrants since Cyrus the Great; however, in the early 500s, the Ionians raised a revolt and drove their tyrants out. The realized they needed help against Darius and appealed to the Spartans for aid. The Spartans denied their request, but Athens and Eretria sent ships and soldiers. Everything eventually led to a naval battle

The Hellenic and Hellenistic shift was a turning point for Greek culture. The Hellenic are those who lived in ancient Greece before Alexander the Great. The Hellenistics are those who lived in the period after Alexander the Great’s conquest. Alexander the Great was a mighty and strong leader of the Greek people. The people that were under his following respected him greatly. We can tell the drastic changes that occurred after Alexander Great was leader by the art, philosophies, and religion. The Hellenistic Changes that occurred showed us that the Hellenistic priorities transformed drastically from what the Hellenic ways were like.