Epics are long narrative poems. ... He composed the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey", which are two famous epic poems. ... These poems are highly emotional. ... The poet usually sang the poem amongst close friends. Sappho who lived about 600 BC, was the most famous melic poet. ...
Great people like Sophocles & Aristophanes wrote plays that are famous even today. ... Epics are long narrative poems. ... He composed the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey", which are two famous epic poems. Both of these poems emphasized bravery and honor and had a huge impact on Greek education, culture and literature. ... The most famous temple was called the Parthenon, is still known to be the best temple am...
Historians of ancient Greek medicine remark that this is the time of the Trojan War, and that Helen had a famous Egyptian potion that relieved her deepest sorrows.1 Supposedly this was opium that has 5-10% morphine content. ... Again it was Schliemann, who started digging here in 1876 and uncovered what he called King Agamemnon's palace and his famous gold mask, supposedly artifacts from the Mycenaean Age. Here was the homeland of the famous and beautiful Helen of Troy. ...
What role did women play in Greek society? How has the Greeks" view of women influenced our own? The role of women in Greek society and the Greeks view of women will be exposed. It was found that men and women were not treated equal. I found that men by nature were important and the female were l...
1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve....
VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...
