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    Greek Theatre

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    |Greek Theatre |The origins of drama started with hymns called ‘dithyrambs’ and were| |‘Drama’ comes from the Greek word ‘Dran’ meaning ‘to do’ |sung in worship of the god ‘Dionysus’. | |‘Theatre’ comes from the Greek word ‘Theatron’ meaning ‘the seeing |The hymns progressed to ‘choral’ (group of people) processions. This| |place’ |progressed

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    Greek Mythology

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    Greek Mythology Mythology was an integral part of the lives of all ancient peoples. The myths of Ancient Greece are the most familiar to us‚ for they are deeply entrenched in the consciousness of Western civilization. The myths were accounts of the lives of the deities whom the Greeks worshipped. The Greeks had many deities‚ including 12 principal ones‚ who lived on Mt. Olympus. The myths are all things to all people – a rollicking good yarn‚ expressions of deep psychological insights‚ words of

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    ORIGINS OF HEROS

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    has evolved to have a wide range of definitions. In Wikipedia a hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) refers to characters who‚ in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness‚ display courage and/or the will for self-sacrifice—that is‚ heroism—for some greater good of all humanity. The definition originally is referred to martial courage or excellence‚ but is extended to more general moral excellence. In Modern day‚ society heroes can range from Police Officers‚ Doctors‚ Nurse’s

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    Ancient Greek Mythology

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    the gods. - Antropogónicos: explain the appearance of man - Etiological: explain political‚ religious and social. - Morales: Explain ethical principles opposites like good and evil‚ angels and demons. Features According to Mircea Eliade‚ myth is a sacred story that chronicles an event that happened during primeval time‚ in which the world had not yet stood. The events of the periodically recurring nature are explained as a result of the events narrated in the myth (for example‚ in Greek mythology

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    Hero

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    A Hero In the worlds eye of a hero we tend to think of super heroes from comic books‚ movies ‚ and television shows. Well many of us look up to that special person in our lives that have shown courage and determination to succeed after set backs. My hero in my life is my father. My father was born in a small town in Durango‚Mexico. He was brought to the United States at the age of 6 years old with 6 other siblings. While being raised in South Central Los Angeles‚ California he was brought into

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION “Mythos”- a Greek word meaning “tale” and the origin of the word mythology; according to the dictionary mythology means‚ a traditional story aiming to explain the meaning of things concerning deities and demigods. Greek Mythology has been known to be one of the footprints left by the civilization of ancient Greece to our history and these mythology somehow shed a light to the culture‚ life style‚ religion and history of ancient Greece since the mythology were the primary

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    Greek Art

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    Ancient Greek Art: Archaic‚ Classical‚ and Hellenistic By: Catherine Marten CLA3114 sect. 02D3 Spring 2013 Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination‚ usually through visual forms. Art in ancient Greece went through a variety of changes throughout its history‚ especially from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. These changes are mainly due to the different views in Greek society that developed throughout these periods

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    The Gods

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    chapter 6 | This means everything to have honor and connected to your people and your gods. If the people or the king feels you do not possess these qualities you will be removed for your throne. Like the family that served for over 800 years and the other that served for 15. These people show respect to all and try to be one with all. They are a righteous people that cherish there family and gifts the gods give them. Believing in that if you are righteous and honorable you can have it all.

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    Greek Sculpture

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    110 E & F Greek Sculpture‚ Idealism‚ & Realism Essay Assignment What were the different phases of ancient Greek Art? There were many phases from the 16th century‚ until the Greeks were defeat at the hand of the Romans in 31 BC. Mycenaean Art occurred from roughly 1550 to 1200 BC on the Greek mainland. Although the Mycenaean and Greek cultures were two separate entities‚ they occupied the same lands‚ successively. The Mycenaean learned a few things from the Greeks‚ including

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    Greek Alphabet

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    see question marks‚ boxes‚ or other symbols. Greek alphabet Type Alphabet Spoken languages Greek‚ with many modifications covering many languages Time period ~800 BC to the present[1] Parent systems Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Child systems Gothic Glagolitic Cyrillic Coptic Armenian alphabet Old Italic alphabet Latin alphabet Unicode range U+0370–U+03FF Greek and Coptic‚ U+1F00–U+1FFF Greek Extended ISO 15924 Grek Note: This page may

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