husband‚ and to defend that husband’s rights should anyone attempt to take Helen away by force. Matthew Marsden as Paris- Trojan who took Helen from Menelaus. Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon- The leader of the Achaean expedition to Troy‚ he was the King of Mycenae. On his return from Troy he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra‚ and her lover Aegisthus. The lover was the son of Thyestes‚ the brother and enemy of Atreus‚ Agamemnon’s father. When Odysseus voyages to Hades he meets with Agamemnon’s ghost.
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The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy
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Cited: Childs‚ Craig. Finders Keepers. New York: Hachette Book Group‚ 2010. Print. Hafner‚ German. Art of Crete‚ Mycenae‚ and Greece. New York: H. N. Abrams‚ 1969. Print. Lawergren‚ Bo. A "Cycladic" Harpist in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Diss. Hunter College‚ 2000. New York: City University of New York‚ 2000. Web. 5 Mar. 2012. . Pedley‚ John G. Greek Art and Archaeology
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UGC 111 Professor David Buell Lecture 8: Ancient Greece Part 1: Minoans and Mycenaeans Hellas – Greece Greece controlled parts of the Mediterranean Dictaean Mounatins – Crete Plains and valleys separated Communication was poor Greece was politically fragmented Mountainous; Suitable land and tree crops Olive‚ vines Suitable land for pastoral activities (herding of sheep and goat) Mediterranean Sea Situated within a close distance of the sea Sea faring people; trade network with Italy
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Francesca Succi Dr. Brown Western Civ I 18 September 2012 Gender Inequality in the Ancient World Throughout history‚ women have been regarded as unequal and subordinate to men. In the male-dominated Western culture‚ the issue of women’s rights seems unending; even thousands of years after the first evidence of gender inequality‚ society has yet to even the playing field. Although it seems like our culture is progressive‚ we still share many qualities with the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
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the cause of this war nearly a decade ago was the supposed abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. After discovering her missing‚ Helen’s scorned husband Menelaus then convinced his brother Agamemnon‚ King of Mycenae‚ to wage a war to get her back. Even this first action brings about a question of fate versus choice. It is described in the story that the marriage between Peleus and Thetis‚ (a mortal and a Achille’s mother‚ a minor sea-goddess) was a spectacular
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Michael Jones 10/5/2012 Cabrera Egypt‚ Mesopotamia and Ancient Greek Civilizations The Ancient Egyptians‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies‚ although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent‚ land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt‚ the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from
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the exploits of Achilles and the other Greek heroes fit into this category. Troy and Legend Heinrich Schliemann 1822-1890 Believed that Homer’s stories about Troy were based on historical truth Funded archaeological digs at Troy and later at Mycenae Founded a huge horde of gold and jewels‚ “Priam’s Treasure” Folktales Stories whose characters are ordinary people or animals; folk takes serve both to entertain and teach or justify. Greeks had a work for folk talk‚ “Ainos” (Simple fable) Hesiod
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one story high‚ grouped around a central courtyard. It was brightly painted‚ both inside and out. In each palace there was a large hall called a megaron‚ where the king held court and conducted state business. Little remains of the megaron at Mycenae. This reconstruction is based on the remains from other palaces‚ which would have been similar. The Romans took and borrowed a lot of things from the Greek culture. For example‚ the took the Greek Gods and renamed them. They also took the styles
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AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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