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    When a person hears “Ancient Greece” or “Ancient Rome” he probably envisions great military battles or grand columns that adorn every structure. However, music, while not as equally honored as the Colosseum, still deserves recognition for playing an integral part in citizens’ lives during ancient times. While knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman music is limited to fragments of old music scores from the era, literary references, and the actual remains of musical instruments, society will still benefit

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    aspects of Ancient Greek theatre. The use of masks in Greek antiquity originated not from the theatre, but from religious rituals honouring the god Dionysus. Masks also partly originated from Greek mythology. From the rituals and festivals came Thespis, who became the first known actor and playwright, as well as the first person to introduce masks to theatre. The masks were intricately designed and served many purposes within the theatre. Masks that are inspired by those used in Ancient Greek theatre

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    depicted and passed down throughout eras. It has been filled with politics, fine arts, war, and most of all religion. In ancient western civilizations religion was known mostly as polytheistic, which is the belief of and in multiple Gods or deities, this compared to modern era religious beliefs which are mostly built on monotheism, the belief in one God or deity. Three prominent ancient western civilizations have been seen and studied to show origins of the same prominent Gods; these civilizations are

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    Planning the Investigation The role of women, particularly in ancient history, is something that varies greatly between societies in different regions. The research in this project will be done with the goal of investigating these differences. Specifically, how did the roles of women in the ancient Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta differ from each other? Research will attempt to illustrate the public and home life of young married women in the 300s-400s BC, and identify the major differences

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    Prologue Prelude: Music has been around since the beginning of civilization. Some of the earliest forms of instruments were a flute-type device formed from the wing of a vulture to a recorder-type device formed from the femur of a bear. Other ancient civilizations, such as Egypt and Sumeria, left behind pictures of people singing and playing instruments. Some of these were believed to be pictures of religious rituals. Music in the Biblical World: The Old Testament contains many examples of music

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    Influencing humans in their beliefs and values. Both the Greeks and Romans were polytheistic they believed that there were many Gods who controlled all parts of human life. The Greek origin of mythology is not known. The Greeks were before the Romans. The Romans stole most Greek beliefs. Both truly believed the Earth had a soul. Both took part in sacrifices and rituals to please the Gods. Both believed in many Gods who were the same Gods in a sense. The Greek Gods were based upon human personality traits.

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    Throughout the Ancient Greece era, sculptures have evolved from simple to complex, strict to relax, and idealistic to realistic. It started in the Geometric period focused on clarity and precision displaying geometric forms. The Orientalizing period was mainly for the trading with Egypt and Mesopotamia. Orientalizing created ways of gathering stories and ideas. In the Archaic period, most sculptures were focused based on the linear part of the human figure which stood stiffly and the introduction

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    Discuss how much of Roman society and thought were Greek in origin? Please use APA including in-text citations on your post. Architecture, Art, Literature Initially Rome, like the neuvo riche of many societies, coveted the wealth and trappings of it’s more civilized Greek neighbors. Additionally, came Greek teachers and ideas which helped form and influence the minds of succeeding generations. By the time that Rome became masters of the Mediterranean, schools, Libraries, architecture, and art

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    several points that the ancient Greek as well as Roman philosophies, political as well as other social aspects have had a strong and long-lasting contribution towards the formulation and maintenance of the contemporary society. It is believed that the western or the contemporary society that today occupies the Western Europe and North America is basically a mesh of varied ancient cultures. The two main cultures out of these were described as the Greek as well as Roman culture. Greek political aspects

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    HIS 120 The history of the ancient Greeks and ancient Hebrews is very interesting. The two groups had very different beliefs concerning higher powers and what kind of gods they trusted in. The Hebrews believed in one God who ruled over them and controlled everything. The Greeks believed in multiple gods each ruling their own area of life. Fighting was a very prevalent activity for both of these groups, as it still is for many groups today. However, the reasons for fighting and violence were very

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