The other side of my opinion is that the Greeks conquered the Romans in every which way, apart of militarily. The Romans adopted many ideas and ways of living from the greeks. The greeks had a tremendous
As long as human have inhabited the earth, the quest to explain its origins has been foremost on their minds. The Greeks were by no means any different. There are several variations of the Greek creation myth, but the most predominant version comes from the poet Hesiod and his Theogony, which details the history and genealogy of the gods. Here is a short snyopis of his account (his actual account is quite long so here is the story cut down to size).In Theogony the Void or Chaos existed before anything else. Then came Earth (Gaia) and Eros (god of love or desire).
He served with distinction, winning the Civic Crown for his part in the Siege of Mytilene. On a mission to Bithynia to secure the assistance of King Nicomedes's fleet, he spent so long at his court that rumors of an affair with the king arose, which Caesar would vehemently deny for the rest of his life. [18] Ironically, the loss of his priesthood had allowed him to pursue a military career, as the high priest of Jupiter was not permitted to touch a horse, sleep three nights outside his own bed or one night outside Rome, or look upon an army. [19] Hearing of Sulla's death in 78 BC, Caesar felt safe enough to return to Rome. Lacking means since his inheritance was confiscated, he acquired a modest house in Subura, a lower-class neighborhood of Rome.
The complex burials by the Etruscans and Egyptians still remains culturally, ethnically and historically significant to this very day. Even though these two civilizations existed for over thousands of years ago, the tombs have still remained incredibly valuable in today’s society. Etruscan and ancient Egyptian tombs are so alike yet so different. The Etruscans were the first major rulers of Rome, and their customs were incorporated into the early Roman customs. Etruscan society was not centralized nor dominated by a single leader or imperial city.
Though the Etruscans made Roma a metropolis, the Romans themselves adopted Greek artistic customs instead. They broke from traditional conventions however, and made their statues often more realistic and the coloration (which is now often lost) much gaudier. Greek paintings were too adopted in form, but such items did not survive antiquity. Secondly, the Romans adopted Greek mythology and philosophy. Originally, the chief deities of Vesta, Jupiter, Mars and Venus did not have mythology in Rome (with many being quite animistic).
Rome vs. Greece Rome and Greece were powerful, prosperous and great nations. They both made major contributions to the past and even today the concepts of these influential nations are still in use. Many of Greece’s set examples were carried on into the Roman culture. Both Rome and Greece had many common ideas, but yet a plethora of differences. Greece, or otherwise known as the Hellenic Republic, was an empire located in the southern portion of Europe.
Honor no longer means the same as it did for when he first set out to Troy in hopes of eternal glory, knowing full well his mother’s prophecy. “Mother tells me the that…if I hold out here and I lay siege to Troy, my journey home is gone, but my glory never dies. If I voyage back to the fatherland I love, my pride, my glory dies.. true, but the life that’s left me will be long, the stroke of death will not come so quickly” (Iliad 9.497-505). Achilles chooses glory when he first sets sail but in the tenth year of the war he starts to realize the pointlessness in his effort if another is taking the glory. He knows death awaits him but he can decide when.
This paper will focus on three key points shared by both cultures which will help demonstrate the relationship between these two civilizations: religion, science, and art. Ancient Greece and Roman civilizations made a permanent mark in history, including the areas and components of: religion and its gods and goddesses, Art and sculptures, and scientific and spiritual medicine. If it were not for the Roman civilizations that emerged around and eventually overcame the Greek, we might not be quite as aware of the contribution that the Greek had to society. When Rome conquered Greece, the Romans were thoroughly impressed with a multiple concepts of their culture and society. The Romans willingly adopted many concepts from the Greek.
In Atala the Native Americans worshiped more than one god, and they are very closely related to the Greek gods. They believed that these gods could take on any form and any gender. The Greeks did this to test their hospitality. They both have myths that explain how everything came to be like the gods, and how humans came, and fire, and all things imaginable. For years these myths were passed down orally until somebody decided to write them.
Most ancient historians such as Herodotus, Xenophon and Plutarch all write about Lycurgus as if he was a real person and use relevant sources to explore and write about his life, yet they all stop short of literally stating that he was actually real. Even Plutarch admits in his book Lives that “absolutely nothing can be said about him (Lycurgus) that is not controversial ”. Clearly this generates great doubt and skepticism surrounding Lycurgus' existence. Herodotus was a classical historian and the first to write about Lycurgus in his book Histories. He wrote in the 5th Century BC, some 200 years after Lycurgus is alleged to have lived.