Archaic Greece

“The Archaic Period” During the Greek Archaic Period, (c. 750-480 BC), there are a variety of reasons for the growth and development in the Greek world such as polis, synoecism, Greek colonization, hoplite, and lyric poetry are just a few. Although each one benefits in some way, they also lead to unwanted confrontation. The social characteristics and political organization for the Greeks was known as Polis, aka city-sate (Pom., pg. 105). The early meaning of polis was “city” or “town”, however

The Oxford English Dictionary defines tyranny as, “cruel and oppressive government or rule.” In Archaic Greece, however, tyranny held a different meaning, i.e. rule by an absolute leader. A prominent Classicist Antony Andrewes elaborated on the characteristics of tyrannies and set up some ground requirements for a regime to be labelled a tyrannical one: existing aristocracy, rise of an outsider to power, reliance on physical force and so forth. Polykrates is the absolute head of Samos, he came to

The change in the Archaic to Classical periods in Greece was significant in history. These changes played an important role in warfare and society. This area was so important that historians refer to it as the “Western revolution in warfare" because of the transformation and developments that happened. Philip II and Alexander the Great helped contribute to the societal changes that altered the Greeks' warfare, changing history. During the Archaic period, Greek warfare consisted of armed infantry

block-like and sculpted with geometric reduction of details. The anatomy is made up of planes, completely symmetrical. The hair, ears, and eyes have been reduced to simple shapes – again, all identically symmetrical. Kouros is depicted nude, symbolic of Archaic Greece's emphasis on the ideal individual male and autonomous Greek citizen. In contrast, Aphrodite is a considerably large female (7 feet tall and substantially wider than the Kouros). Given the larger than real-life scale, this statue probably served

In this essay I will attempt to prove that a ‘typical tyrant’ does not exist as each have their own ambitions. The issue with asking whether there is such thing as a typical tyrant arises from the fact that we must consider what the word ‘tyrant’ actually means. The Oxford Classical Dictionary states, “Tyranny was not a special form of constitution, or necessarily a reign of terror; the tyrant might either rule directly or retain the existing political institutions but exercise a preponderant influence

Cyprus at the time was ruled by the Assyrian Empire until its fall in 609 BCE. The piece is estimated to be during the Greek Geometric Period and the Greek Archaic Period, but can be compared to some Greek art during the Greek Archaic Period, like the Kouros. The Standing Male Figure of the 7th to 8th Century could be the Cypriot take on Archaic Greek Art. The statue itself appears to be an official due to how he’s dressed in a robe and that he is posing for the sculptor with his right arm lifted to

The explicit journey through the history of Patera The Patera found in Greek South of Italy during the Archaic period c. 500 BC. Was a shallow pan made from bronze with a Kourous figure as it handle. This research essay will work to prove how the form of the Patera served a greater purpose to it functions through its significance journey through the craftsmanship of bronze, superior status of the Kouros and multipurpose usage it served. The bronze material which the Patera was crafted from is a valuable

The Enigma of the ‘Cupbearer’ is a short video in which the narrator introduces viewers to the Cycladic figurine ‘Cup-Bearer.’ It is a rare figure type, and the only intact seated ‘Cup-bearer’ from Cycladic art. The figure is thought to be male because it is in action, and females were often shown standing with their arms crossed over their chests. In the ‘Cup-Bearer’ the “male” is made of marble, and is sitting on a stool made from the same piece of marble. He is holding a cup in his right hand

postulated that Basketmaker II & III materials should be found in the same area with more survey efforts. All the stone implements I catalogued and analyzed were given the provenience of “surface” (Green 1969, 1970). Huckell (1996) theorizes that in an archaic setting when the materials are all on the surface, or shallowly buried, that it is an indication that there were “many multicomponent occupations mixed and then exposed”. These were brought to the surface either by a natural event: erosion, sandstorm

kouros statues of the Archaic period and those of the Early Classical Period. The Archaic Period lasted from around 600 to 480 BCE. The kore and kouros statues of this time period obviously show how they are older than the Early Classical statues because they resemble Egyptian sculpture more. In Art: a Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren, the Anavysos Kouros, stands with his fists clenched, arms at the side, one leg in front of the other, and the famous Archaic smile on his face