Thus, at least at its inception, Athens was willing to work within the League’s aims. It is significant because until cities were freed from the Persians, Athens could not have it empire! This cooperative spirit began to change with the conquest of Scyrus in 474-73BC. Plutarch states that Cimon captured Scyrus, in order to secure trade routes which passed there. Thus was economically sound, however, it is the first step towards Empire.
The three orders of columns used so deliberately on different temples and structures depending on who the temple was being built for. The columns had grooves in it because it gave the columns more visual volume than that of a plain one. The Ionic pillars at the Erechtheion were sculpted with women on them for decoration. The Parthenon is the temple to the goddess Athena on the acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon is probably the most well-known of all Greek temples and took more than a hundred years to be constructed.
This is simply shown in Mejia’s notes, “First to think of 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.” (Mejia’s notes). Those 3 branches as simple as they may seem are crucial to democracy today. Last but certainly not least, they “developed theatre, the Olympic games, philosophy, democracy, and individualism.”(Mejia’s notes). This is just a prime insight to the depth of the contributions that the Greeks made. Not only was Greek a big part of democracy but Rome it self played a big part of it too.
“did the romans conquer the greeks, or did the greeks conquer the romans?” . My final opinion is that the greeks conquered the romans . In my assumption , for the greeks, it must have been much like living before they were physically conquered, they still had all theirs ways of living since the romans copied it. it is much more important to have conquered a civilization with your religion, art, technology, science, philosophy ,literature language, government, and the list goes on: then to have just conquered a civilization because you have a stronger military. The greek beliefs and lifestyles must have been that powerful for the romans to base their whole lives around it and have it impact the reason they were so great.
Using sources G and H and additional information, there are various ethical issues surrounding the return of artefacts to their country of origin. Two controversial artefacts that will be discussed are The Elgin Marbles and The Rosetta Stone. The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek sculptures that were initially part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. The Rosetta stone is an Ancient Egyptian stone, which contains an inscription with three ancient scripts (Egyptian, Demotic and Greek). The first and foremost ethical issue surrounding the return of artefacts is whether the artefact was obtained legally, whether a certain country followed correct legal procedures to gain the artefact.
I chose this picture because it gave a very detailed and captured all of the important things in the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. 25.Holford, David M. Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation in American History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002. This book briefly describes the thinking behind the Emancipation Proclamation and its
Themistocles played an essential role in the Persian wars and was a key factor to Greek victory in these wars. He made this impact through his pre-war efforts, his leadership skills and his intelligence in tactics which is shown during the battle of Salamis. During his pre-war years, Themistocles came to the realisation that if Athens was to suceed in it's war efforts against Persia then it would need to greatly focus on the improval of it's naval force. Unsurprisingly, however, most Athenians disagreed with this idea as it would result in a weakened land military force and less money to the citizens of Athens. In order to persuade his fellow Athenians to support his idea of a strengthened naval force, Themistocles resorted to trickery.
(355). The author backs his point by providing examples such as the spread of Greek in the Middle East over 2,000 years ago, and the spread of English from imperial Britain in the 19th century. With such examples, the historical context effectively appeals directly to the reader’s common logic. This historical context illustrates that through America as a world power, English will soon thrive throughout the world. The writer also adds that a language will thrive out of a successful country despite how hard it may be to learn.
In the eulogy, Pericles praises Athens, describing what makes it great and galvanizing its citizens. About the Athenian government, he observes, “Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institutions of our neighbours. It is more the case of ours being a model to others, than of our imitating anyone else” (2.37). He goes on to explain how everyone in Athens “[I]s equal before the law” and adds that “[J]ust as our political life is free and open, so is our day-to-day life in our relations with each other” (2.37). Pericles continues, discussing Athenian attitude towards military security, the educational system, the city’s bravery, and its relationship with other nations.
‘ONLY IN THE CONTEMPLATION OF BEAUTY IS HUMAN LIFE WORTH LIVING’ PLATO, SYMPOSIUM 211d Alexander Nehamas Socrates’ speech in praise of eros in the Symposium (201d–212c) is perhaps one of ¯ the most influential passages Plato ever composed.1 It is also one of the most discussed, and any attempt to add to the huge literature that surrounds it needs some justification. My reason for returning to it is not so much a desire to offer yet another interpretation of what Plato really meant to say about the relationship between eros and its inherent attraction to to kalon, which I will translate as ¯ ‘beauty’. What I would like to try to do is to see how much of what Plato says here can be read not just as an inspired (and inspiring) flight of the imagination but also as something we can actually believe—a solid, knowing and accurate description of the phenomenology of love and beauty. nnnnnnnnnn In the closing parts of his speech, Socrates (claiming to be repeating the words of Diotima, a holy woman with prophetic abilities) describes a complex hierarchy of different levels of love and lovers (207c ff.). At the lowest stage, he locates men who are attracted primarily to the beauty of the human body—these are, he says, lovers of women and their union with beauty results in the generation of children.