Greek underworld

In the ancient world, a young Macedonian King marched his men for 11 years, over 22,000 miles, and never lost a battle, hence his name, Alexander the Great. As a boy, Alexander was trained by Aristotle and his father to become a great military leader. When Alexander’s father, Philip, was assassinated, Alexander became King of Macedon at age 20 and began his conquest of Asia. Alexander III of Macedon, a truly unprecedented and irreplaceable ruler of the ancient times, changed the course of history

The Greek period, ca. 900-30 BCE, was famous for its developed ideals of human beauty, the concept of ideal heroic male nudes and what they depict, and progression from symbolic works to naturalism. Using the discussion of the following artworks, the (Anavysos)Kouros, the Kritios Boy and the Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), I will discuss their symbolic and naturalistic characteristics. The statue of Kouros by an unknown artist, depicts a Greek young man. He is nude representing the ideal heroic male nude

Through upright military genius Alexander had overpowered the Persian Empire in little than a decade. The people of Thebes were rebellious against King Philip’s union of Greek states in the hope that the Alexander was either dead himself or too inexperienced to stop them. Their demolition was no oddity, but simply a foresee of the entire Alexandrian path to military practice that was so rewarding later in Asia. Alexander’s Megalomania and ambition for divine honor helped to spread the tradition of

Contrast Etruscan and Greek sculpture. How did the Etruscans adapt Greek sculpture? What changes did the Etruscans initiate? Use examples to support your answers. The wealthy yet enigmatic civilization from ancient Italy, the Etruscans, are known for its influence on Roman culture, language, and art. However, it had adopted many artistic characteristics of its continental neighbor: ancient Greece. Etruscan sculptures were well-preserved in underground tombs, which helped historians analyze and better

The Greek vase shows an importance of Mediterranean art. Also, the Greek vase is the one way to show an importance of ancient Greek culture. The Greek vase has a variety of shapes, meanings, and has a variety of functions. The Mixing Vessel with Herakles and Alkyoneus, made by Kleophrades painter in 480 B.C., it shows the diversity of ancient Greek vase in the shape, function, scenes, materials, and techniques. During the ancient Greek, a Greek vases are used for carrying wine, oil, water

The ancient Greeks and Romans founded two of the western world's great civilizations. Being able to produce an array of contributions to the arts, literature, theatre, politics, and philosophy. They were both large conquerors around the Mediterranean sea. The Romans loved Greek culture and even though they had copied Greek statues, paintings, and architecture; they also decided to adopt the Greek gods. The gods were renamed to Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus. Unlike the Greeks who looked for idealistic

Luke Kania World Civilization September 18, 2017 The Greek and Persian Wars The Greek and Persian Wars were key events to making Greece one of the most advanced and revered countries of its time. Although some city-states of Greece were conquered, two of them stood out to hold off Persia from taking over. These city-states were Athens and Sparta. In 491 BC King Dareios of Persia sent roughly 25,000 soldiers to key states of Greece (Brown, 1). King Dareios’s was looking to just gain a foothold

even to this day . Without Classical Greece, our society wouldn’t have been what it is today. Greek civilizations and their ways of governing had a tremendous effect on our society. Pericles , a famous Greek statesman once wrote a document called the Funeral oration (document 3) in which he describes what a democracy. This is the form of government which was instated during the Ancient Greek civilizations and is instated in the (modern-day) the United States. Democracy is made for the majority

When studying and discussing Classical Greece, the topics that first come to mind are likely to be its cultural and economic efflorescence, its range of tyrants, or Greek religion. While it may not be the first matter discussed in Classical studies, love and sexuality were a major factor in the lives of ancient people, just as they are today. Sources from this period can help us gain insight on the role of these factors during this time. These sources include the poetry of Sappho and Plato’s Symposium

The Hellenistic period is a time where the greek influence expanded widely. During this period the artwork became extremely naturalistic with a lot more expression with showing various emotions. Many artists in this time period were no longer interested in showing the subjects as ideals of beauty, instead they were now focused on representing the true character of that particular subject. The embodiment of the subject’s character, naturalism, and series of emotion is what made the Hellenistic period