Essays on Greek

Diogenes of Sinope: The dogged Philosopher Within the Greek philosophers, we have many well-known ones, such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and so on. Most of these are common knowledge yet many are forgotten by the normal people. One such philosopher is Diogenes, commonly called the...

Euripides is one of the most well-known playwrights of classical stage. His plays were some of the first of their kind, and known for their new use of staging and for pushing the envelope. Those who saw his plays knew they were in for a...

Webster’s dictionary defines euphemism as the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. Eu- is a Greek term for “well” or “sounding good” and pheme translates as “speech” therefore amounting to good-sounding speech. An absolute definition...

Parthenon in Athens is a monument in Greek mainland, a classical temple located at the top of Acropolis. Constructed in 5th Century BCE, it was devoted to Athena Parthenos (Greek Goddess) to emphasise the power of Athens. Out of the classical Greek architectural orders (Doric,...

Zeus was the ruler of all Gods and humans. He lived with the other gods at the top of Mount Olympus. Sometimes, Olympus was thought of as an actual mountain in Greece, but more often as a beautiful place in the heavens. Zeus was the...

In Greek mythology, Hypnos is the god associated with sleep. His mother was Nyx (night) and his father was Erebus (darkness). Even Zeus, the most powerful of the Greek Gods, was afraid of entering Nyx’s realm because she was such a dreadful and powerful goddess....

Phoebe was the daughter of the titans. The titans were son and daughters of Uranus and Gaia, as told in Hesiod’s “theogony”. Phoebe the goddess of intellect , was married to Koios. Their children were Asteria and Leto as told in the “Dictionary of Greek...

Much of ancient Greek sculpture is known only through Roman copies, with these types now filtered for us through subsequent millennia of reception, particularly since the Renaissance, so it is fitting that we now view these classical forms through over a century of star bodies...

Hades was the Greek god of the underworld, the ruler of the dead. Hades is known in the Greek world as “the god of the Underworld,” “the Invisible One,” “the god of wealth” or “god of Death,” and “the god of the Death Realm”. Greek...

10 Big And Unique DiscoveriesAncient Greece is undoubtedly one of the most impressive pages in history. The sheer complexity and length of Greek culture left behind a trove of ruins and art. But the most remarkable are the unexpected realities, behaviors, and skills that big...

Who was Rhea? Rhea was an Earth Goddess, responsible for the fertility of the soil, women and motherhood. She took over most of these responsibilities from her mother Gaia/Gaea. Rhea was the “Mother of the Gods”, her name means “flow” and “ease”. Rhea was the...

The antiquated Egyptian and old Greek developments are two of the most seasoned known human advancements in history. The Egyptian human progress, situated in the eastern piece of North Africa, is accepted to have begun around 3150 BC and proceeded till the end of the...

Anna Hartranft Week 15, day 3 Important Greek battles The Ancient Greeks fought many wars against their enemy the Persians. Many of the battles fought in these wars had a significant impact on the development of Ancient Greece. The Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and...

Artemis, the greek goddess of chastity, virginity, childbirth, wilderness, hunt, the moon, and the natural environment. Daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of the god Apollo. Artemis was born on the island of Ortygia also known as Delos, where Leto had found shelter to...

The Greeks pride themselves on hospitality and prioritize the needs of their guests, no matter theiridentity. This is demonstrated when Telemachus went and visited Nestor Pylos, not knowing who he was taking into his home as guests, Nestor treated them with great honor and respect....

Since its creation, Greek tragedy has created a pattern of particular events. Not just politically speaking, but also diving deep in themes that include divine thought and interaction of humans as brothers or enemies to death. Sophocles’ Ajax is no exception to that reasoning, treating...