He establishes a multiracial kingdom in which he sets to establish a unity of common Greek culture. Caesar Augustus was also known as a good military commander. Following Caesar’s death, Augustus along with Mark Antony and Lepidus, defeated Caesar’s murderers in 42 BC at Philippi. After this the Mediterranean was divided with Augustus controlling the west, Antony controlling the east, and Lepidus controlling Africa. Later Octavian defeats Lepidus and controls Africa.
CLL 215.01 Summer II 2011 Foley Quiz I Study Guide In addition to the handouts you received, study the following as preparation for Quiz I on 7/21. Be able to identify the following characters: Odysseus- Odysseus is the husband of Queen Penelope and the father of Prince Telemachus. Penelope- Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus Hermes- the herald of the Olympian gods, is the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, daughter of Atlas and one of the Pleiades. Kalypso- a nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia Nausikaa- The beautiful daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of the Phaeacians Alkinoös- King of the Phaeacians Arêtê- Queen of the Phaeacians Demodokos-
Boys were put to training at age five. Greeks believed strong military was everything, this was the reason boys were trained so young. Sparta, the city state, had the greatest military power of Greece and played catalytic role in history of Peloponnese. The majority of the inhabitants of Sparta were slaves. Sparta time began in 650 B.C.
Heracles Introduction Heracles might possibly be the most courageous, strongest and best-known one among all the Greek heroes. His renowned twelve labors established him as a benefactor of humanity. He was the son of Zeus and a mortal mother and, therefore, was both a god and hero. As a mortal son of Zeus, Heracles condemned to confront Hera’s continual wrath and had faced numerous conspiracies by Hera since birth and it, consequently, resulted in a tragic life of Heracles. On the other hand, he is honored by sacrifices and eliminating dangers from the world.
In three hundred and thirty five B.C (335 B.C), as general of the Greeks in a campaign against the Persians originally planned by his father, he carried out a successful campaign against the defecting Thracians, penetrating to the Danube River. When he returned, he defeated the Illyrians in a single week. In Thebes, he spared only the temples of the gods and the house of the Greek lyric poet Pindar. The eight
Lucius Flavius Arrianus,, was a Greek philosopher and historian who lived some 400 years after the time of Alexander. His book is considered the best account of Alexander's reign (Document B (Lucius Flavius Arrianus, The Campaigns of Alexander, circa 130 CE.). This document shows one of many of Alexander's great military skills, he turns the enemies own weapons against their own army. Then his willingness to learn all kind of things, his Adaptation to the customs of other people as to prove himself as successor rather than the conqueror also proved him as great. What he did to show himself as a successor and not a conquer shows his efforts to keep peace.
Odysseus, according to Greek legend the son of Laertes and Anticleia and one of the most famous heroes of ancient Greece. After the capture of Troy, achieved by his stratagem of the wooden horse, he set sail for Ithaca but unfavourable winds carried him along the coast of North Africa and across the unknown seas to Italy, where he braved the dangers of Scylla and Charybdis, a voyage recorded by Homer as the Odyssey. After many adventures he was, again according to legend, slain unknowingly in his old age by his son Telemachus. Odysseus has been identified with Poseidon, Hermes, and other legendary Greek gods by various subsequent writers and students of Greek mythology, but whoever he was he is generally accepted as the fount from which sprang the sailor race whose voyages and adventures so influenced and educated the Hellenic race. He was the archetype of the true Greek when their sea power was stretching out across the Mediterranean from the Black Sea to the western basin.
AP World History: World Civilizations: The Global Experience Part II The Classical Period: 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. : Uniting Large Regions Chapter 5: Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (Greece & Persia) • Textbook Error: on page 102, the textbook refers to a naval battle between the Persians and Greeks that happened at the “Straits of Thermopylae”. This is incorrect. The naval battle won by the Greeks happened at the Straits of Salamis, while the 500 Spartans previously made a valiant last stand against the Persians at the Pass of Thermopylae in northern Greece.
In paragraph four, Esperanza used a synecdoche to show that even though she inherited her great grandmother name, she did not want to follow the same path as her. Esperanza stated, “I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window “ (110). Her great grandmother was trapped in a compulsory marriage and longed for an escape. Esperanza was also teased at school she said, “At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth” (110). Meaning the kids at school had a difficult time pronouncing her
Andrew Neely IPHS: Odyssey of West Professor Hawthorne September 21, 2009 With reference to his speeches in Book IX, why do you think Achilles rejects the three envoys? Does his rejection suggest that Achilles has come to have doubts about the heroic life and ethos? Please support your answer with textual evidence. The most powerful warrior in Homer’s Iliad, Achilles has all the necessary arête (skills) that embodies the traditional Greek hero. In ancient Greece, skill in battle was valued over any other quality and it defined the Greek man.