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ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE, THE MAIN ROOT OF THE OCCIDENTAL WORLD

As all of us know Roman and Greek ancient societies have built the principal bases for the current occidental world, and also is relevant to mention that the giant advances Greeks had on their cultural, social, political, and economical part were improved by roman ancient civilization and are the ones that allow humanity to development and the ones that nowadays permit that current societies are in a kind of harmony and world is still running.

First of all, the occidental world of nowadays is clear influenced by some aspects roman and Greek cultures develop and become popular and usual, some such as democracy, political views, philosophy, knowledge and science that in this days are the roots of our different societies. Besides some of these advances were made the Roman culture we have to take into account that this society were product of the most relevant aspects and advances of the Greek culture.

Second, not only ancient Greek society has influenced current world there are other ancient civilizations such as the Egyptian, Chinese and Mesopotamian develop and advance a lot on different aspects and are also a main root for the current world.

To finish, like I said, besides other cultures have a big influence on current societies of the occidental world the one that really made a lot of advances and become on the bases of this societies is the ancient Greek civilization.

By: Sebastian Andrade

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS THE BASES OF THE CURRENT WORLD

Ancient Greek culture has a very giant influence on current societies and nowadays has become on the principal root of the occidental culture, Roman Chinese and Greek ancient civilizations has built all the current world and the knowledge, cultural, political, social, and economical aspects are the bases that have this world everyone of us know functioning.
By: Sebastian Andrade

The ancient Greece through the new Greece

Since years ago Greece creates a lot of representative things, during the history in the world. Are a lot of stuff interrelated with the Greek world like: the Parthenon of Atenas, the divinity Zeus and Aphrodite, the dance of jump sirtaki, the nice island of Egeo, the Olympic games and the twelve proves, the philosophy, the mythology, the sculptures’, etc.. Although around the years, Greece shows a very representative change, in the culture, moving trough the old Greece, to the new one, but Greece still conserve a very wealth culture, maintaining the old believes and the old memories still in the Greece.

Today’s view one of the most representative things in the old civilization are interrelated with the world, things like the philosophy, Olympic games, the mythology, and some more things. It is important to detail, that the world for some many years, has been showing in some part the Greek civilization, teaching the mythology, and creating the Olympic games followers , making keep this culture with the objective to conserve it, for some many years in the present, and also it could be applicable in the future.

It could be argued by the philosophy which always is applicative for the process of learning in the schools, university, etc, also the mythology with the histories of homers, the Iliade, as well as the Greek architecture, the Olympic games every four years which those are the competences, who make the world participate in just one competence.

In conclusion the ancient civilization of Greece is one of the most important in these days for the reason that it’s still conserve in the actual civilizations, and the people always remember this society as one of the most singular, and important because, it brings knowledge, culture, entertainment, etc.


By: DANIELA CUBILLOS

Special events in Greece

In Greece we can find some especial events, one of the main ones and good things that Greece leave us were their great inventors, for example those that began with the concepts of the atom. These were the firstimportant thing, another example and something more characteristic of old Greece were even their triangular temples with great pillars and ceilings. We are going to speak about the great things that left us the inventors of Greece.

Firstly one of the important things that the inventors contributed to us is the architecture, they leave two styles of construction which are modern and postmodern, that we are using today and we can find that in their great constructions like the temples, another pro is that we can stand out with these constructions is the innovating way to construct by its resistance and durability.

Secondly one cons was the long time that was delayed constructing this type of edifications as they were it at that time, of that big size and with those types of forms that they have to do this type of construction.

All in all this type of contributions that they gave us is more positive than negative since they gave us the form to construct great edifications by his excellent bases.

by juan carlos barrero

conference of Russia

This conference was about Russia between years 1989 and 1992, that peter speak was about old churches that now is museums, also that families in that time had 16 children in each house Peter said us in which moment abandonment Russia, also show us that Moscow is a old city and is capital of Russia; peter show us that russia is thos most bigest country around the world, nowadays Rucia is totally different from when the urss was there, for example the study, the sports, etc. Also he commented that the low temperature that is registered are 40 degrees Celsius.

Peter said to us that dovstoievsqui was the best writer of Russia when the USSR existed, the old flag of Russia was white, blue and red, favorite drink is vodca.

by: juan carlos barrero

ANCIENT GREEK ENTERTAINMENT VS ACTUAL SOCIETIES

We have already seen that the ancient Greeks have culture and sports. However, this is not all that they did well. Keep reading to find out about entertainment and diversion in ancient Greece. The entertainment in actual societies has many things in common with the diversion and the entertainment in ancient Greek. These similarities can be found so easy, because they conform the original culture


In ancient Greek the most important entertainment is the theater, all people have diversion with this activity and also participate in it, nowadays in all societies the art and theater is very appropriate to entertain the people and conform an important part of culture. Also in ancient Greek the people founded diversion in the sports, many people used to practice a lot of sports and have fun with these activities, actually in the society all people have fun with sports like: soccer, tennis, and football, and these traditions keep in all generations.


To continue, also the ancient civilization have many differences with entertainment in current societies, because in current societies have technologies, and nowadays exist more entertainment for this reason. But also these antique activities are still living among us, but they have evolved because of the technology development. Actually the human being has created new sports; the theater has transformed into cinema, and people has created new ways of entertainment.

In conclusion the entertainment will always be changing, and many things that were important in ancient civilizations have left a mark in history.


By: DANIELA CUBILLOS

The sports of Greek

The sports were an excellent, important and popular part of life in ancient Greece. The most important thing is that the sports and the Olympic Games have use today around the world. In this essay I am going to show causes and effects of the sports of Greek.

Firstly Ancient Greeks believed that the gods gave athletes their courage. Every set of sporting games was dedicated to their god. The sports in Greek was created around 3000 years, was created thinking in god and to win cash and slaves, that was really funny to the rich people in this period of time.

On the other hand today not only in ancient Greece play Olympic Games, today around the world all people see and is present in the Olympic Games. We know that the Olympic Games was played there in this period because we have prove and the antecedents of this entertainment games.

In conclusion the sports in my opinion is a really good thing that we have since 3000 years until now it is impressive and we have to leave probes about our things because probably the new people want to know about us and probably they use our ideas.

By Juan Carlos Barrero

Culture

Philosophy
Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. In many ways, it had an important influence on modern philosophy, as well as modern science. Clear unbroken lines of influence lead from ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophers, to medieval Muslim philosophers and scientists, to the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, to the secular sciences of the modern day.
Neither reason nor inquiry began with the Greeks. Defining the difference between the Greek quest for knowledge and the quests of the elder civilizations, such as the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, has long been a topic of study by theorists of civilization.
Literature
Alfred North Whitehead once claimed that all of philosophy is but a footnote to Plato. To suggest that all of Western literature is no more than a footnote to the writings of ancient Greece is an exaggeration, but it is nevertheless true that the Greek world of thought was so far-ranging that there is scarcely an idea discussed today not already debated by the ancient writers.
Religion and mythology
Greek mythology consists of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their religious practices. The main Greek gods were the twelve Olympians, Zeus, his wife Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hestia. Other important deities included Hebe, Helios, Hades, Dionysus, Persephone and Heracles (a demi-god). Zeus' parents were Kronos and Rhea who also were the parents of Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter.

Ancient Greek culture and current societies culture

The culture of the ancient Greek civilization has many aspects similar to aspects of the cultures of modern societies, as all we know, Roman and Greek ancient civilization are the roots of the current cultures so is logical that the culture of the modern societies are strongly related with ancient Greek culture. In this essay I am going to develop the similarities and differences between ancient Greek civilization culture and the culture of western modern societies.

To begin with, western societies’ culture is strongly influenced by many aspects of ancient Greek culture, aspects such as political structure and views, for example democracy; also the social structure is very similar but differing on the slave class, and the art of ancient Greece has exercised a huge influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present.

To continue, religion is totally different between nowadays culture and ancient culture, ancient greek religion has twelve gods and the main one was Zeus, but in current societies the religions believe in only one god, and also the lifestyle and way of thinking of people is very different.

In conclusion, besides ancient Greek culture has strongly influenced current societies cultures, and has many aspects in which they are similar also are some aspects that differs between them and that is what make them different.

By: Sebastian Andrade

video of greece

What kind of jobs did men in ancient Greece have?

actor - memorized lines and performed dramas in theaters durin religious festivals.
artist - drew pictures
astronomer - kept time and date with the stars and located places and boundaries
bard - wrote poetry and performed it in public readings
carpenter - cut or joined wood
carter - drove a cart
doctor - healed people using surgery or medicine
farmer - grew plants or livestock
historian - paid attention to current events and interviewed participants of event. He then wrote a description of the event based on a description.
gynecologist - A doctor for special female problems such as birthing
jeweler - made and sold jewelry
laborer - loaded or unloaded carts or ships, gathered crops.
landlord - owned property that is rented out to tenants
magistrate - enforced community laws
mariner - sailed a ship
mason - layed bricks and stone for buildings
mathematician - calculated with numbers
merchant - bought and sold goods
miner - dug minerals from the earth
money changer - changed money from one country to the next
musician - played lyre or flute for hire
painter - painted pictures
philosopher - teacher of advanced knowledge. Also a writer of books on various advanced topics.
pilot - guided ships into harbors
potter - made and fired ceramic pots
priest/prophesier - performed religious ceremonies mad forecasts
scribe - wrote things out
scientist - Classified things and figured out how they worked.
sculptor - carved statues of marble or cast them in bronze
shepherd - watched afted a herd of sheep or goats
shipper - loaded and unloaded ships in the harbor
shipwright - built ships of wood
slaver - bought and sold slaves
smelter - changed minerals to metal using a furnace
smith - made things out of iron or bronze
sophist - taught people how to speak in public
vintner - grew grapes and made wine
warrior - fought battles
writer - Someone who wrote letters, poems, or books for sale

work in ancient greece

The main job for women who were the wives of the citizens was to manage the house and bear and raise children. Weaving and baking bread were very important but secondary.
Some women were slaves. They did the drudgery work. But they were more a part of the family. The ancient Greeks knew that slaves that were cared for were more productive. But women who were slaves could be forced to become prostitutes or sex slaves.
The wives also performed women's work which included spinning, weaving, baking bread, cooking, serving, cleaning, fetching water, and removing wastes. The hetaera were women who formed an important part of male society. They were in demand as conversationalists, courtesans, entertainers, and prostitutes. There were also women slaves who performed the more menial tasks.

HERCULES VS SUPERMAN

In ancient Greek cavitations culture was build by myths and their heroes were product of these stories, one clear example of these stories was Hercules; and nowadays heroes has turned into a superficial issue. This essay is about differences and things in common between Hercules and superman.

Hercules has a long history in the world, he was characterized for his strength, and superman also has this capacity. Both of these heroes help all the people and they were good heroes. Hercules and superman fight with bad people to protect the world. These heroes have good looking and look like strong

Hercules and superman have many differences, for example superman can flight and has x ray vision, and Hercules only have strength; superman and Hercules were heroes from different ages, Hercules from the past and superman from the current days. Also their clothes were different, Hercules doesn’t wear any cloth and superman has cloth. Also a very important aspect they differ is their personalities and points of view they have and defend.

In conclusion Hercules and superman have many things in common but also have many differences, the interesting thing of this is that these heroes are history and permit that children can dream and wan to by like these heroes.

By: DANIELA CUBILLOS

The Green Lantern and Nuclear Man

The similarities and differences between green lantern and nuclear man.


The green lantern is a great hero he does a lot of good things like help people, and nuclear man is a bad man, he does not help people, people was very happy with green lantern but in the case of the nuclear man is not so good.


In the last days nuclear man was like a bad hero , who defend people but in the bad way and green lantern defend people in the great way also they have in common that all people know them around the world, other similarities is their brilliant brain that they use all days.


Green lantern was a very great hero and have powers like his big strength but it is “real” however people who believe in nuclear man had a big madness because he does not have real powers, another difference between them is the personality.

In conclusion green lantern and nuclear man are super heroes for people who believe in them and defend their opinion.

by juan carlos barrero.

HERCULES vs PERSEUS,

In the ancient Greek civilization, myths were very important for the development of the culture and were basic for the structure of the society; there were so many mythic people called as heroes, Hercules and Perseus are the most famous and remembered nowadays, so in this essay we are going to develop the idea of the qualities Hercules and Perseus have in common and the ones that make the differences between them.
To begin with, this pair of mythic heroes have some characteristics that make them quite similar; first of all both of them make part of myths of ancient Greece, both were product of a relation between a god and a mortal woman; and finally they are the example of action and masculinity, and characteristics such as great strength and courage.
To continue with, besides these two heroes are very similar. There are also things that differentiates them so much and make them two people with opposite personalities, taking into account both librates infernal battles with many mythological monsters, Hercules was fair, meanwhile Perseus uses unfair tricks or cheating to take advantage in a battle; also Hercules was capable two build a family besides Perseus that lived alone all his dark life as a consequence of his unhappiness.
To summarize, Hercules and Perseus both heroic mythical characters of ancient Greek civilization have in common some qualities that are essential for a hero but when we see the way they are we can found that there lived two complete different life and has opposite way of living and beliefs of what life is.
by:sebastian andrade

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How were families organized in ancient greek civilization?

Most Greeks, like most other people throughout history, lived in families with a mother and a father and their children. Usually men got married when they were about twenty-five or thirty years old (as they do today), but women got married much younger, between twelve and sixteen years old. Probably girls from rich families got married younger, and girls from poor families got married a little older, because the girls were so young, they did not have much choice about who they were going to marry. Their fathers, uncles or brothers make the choise for them. Often girls had not even met the man they married before the wedding.

Do we have the same concept about family as ancient civilizations did?

I think that the concept of family we have nowadays is quiet similar to the one ancient greek civilization had because their believes and conception are the begginings of the western modern civilization culture, so in other words like I said both cultures the anciet greek one and the modern western society are very similar and they concepts in this case about family are the same basically, without saying that some concepts have change and will continue changing while time goes on.

COSTUMES OF GREECE

The costumes of Greece are a rich part of a multi-layered cultural history. This is just a brief overview of the subject and will include only a few representative examples of some of the costumes that were worn traditionally by the Greek people. Some characteristics of Greek folk costumes can be traced back to elements in ancient and Byzantine costume; in fact, many of the elements of liturgical clothing worn today by Greek Orthodox priests also a bear relation to modern Greek folk costume, and have their origin in the clothing of the Byzantine Empire.

GREEK DANCE

is a very old tradition, being referred to by ancient authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.[1] There are many different styles and interpratations from all of the islands and surrounding mainland areas. Each region formed its own choreography and style to fit in with their own ways. For example, island dances have more of a "watery" flow to them, while Pontic dancing closer to Black Sea, is very sharp. There are over 4,000 traditional dances that come from all regions of Greece. There are also Pan Hellenic dances, which have been adopted throughout the Greek world. These include the tsamiko, syrtos, and kalamatianos. Traditional Greek dancing has a primarily social (rather than sexual) function. It brings the community together at key points of the year, such as Easter, the grape harvest or patronal festivals; and at key points in the lives of individuals and families, such as weddings. For this reason, tradition frequently dictates a strict order in the arrangement of the dancers, for example, by age.

EDUCATION IN GREECE

compulsory for all children 6-15 years old; namely, it includes Primary (Dimotiko) and Lower Secondary (Gymnasio) Education. The school life of the students, however, can start from the age of 2.5 years (pre-school education) in institutions (private and public) called "Vrefonipiakoi Paidikoi Stathmi" (creches). In some Vrefonipiakoi Stathmoi there are also Nipiaka Tmimata (nursery classes) which operate along with the Nipiagogeia (kindergartens).

. Which ancient civilization would you choose to live in?

I prefer the egyptian ancient civilization because there in egypt had a lot of gold and there are so much rich people.
by juan carlos barrero.

Which ancient civilization do you find the most amazing?

I find the most amazing ancient civilization the greece culture that is one of the most important in the history around over the world.
by juan carlos barrero.

Can you write your own definition of civilization?

Civilization to me is where our own society takes birth, id we look the amount of civilizations that are in the world we can understand more about human kind, because believe it or not, we own make part of a great one.

What do we understand about civilizations?

We understand about civilizations is that is where a determinate group of people create their home, business, do recreation and most important interact with other people about, it is well to highlight that a civilization is the uncharged to of making a relatively high level of cultural and technological development, also where a specific culture takes its characteristics of a particular time or place.
by juan carlos barrero