... any man ever, not only of people before him but also of those after him (Popovic intro). He was one of the greatest military geniuses in the history of the world. Alexander's parents always dreamed of him someday becoming a great leader. Alexander's mother was named Olympias, she was princess ... to tame horses. Alexander was given the best education possible in his time. He was taught by the philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle taught him literature, and introduced him to science, philosophy, and medicine which he became interested in. His favorite work of literature was The Iliad, by Homer...

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... love of competition and sport, and with those two hungers constructed the Olympic Games. The Ancient Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 B.C.; but we know that Greek athletic competition had a long history prior to this recorded date. Homer devoted much of Book 23 of the Iliad to an account of the funeral games, really just sporting events, that Achilles gave in honor ... of his dead friend, Patroclus. In the Odyssey competitive games are an important part of the welcoming ritual organized by the Phaiakians for Odysseus. The ancient competition, naturally, was significantly dif...

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... new patriotism overwhelms Virgil, and his entire generation is experiencing the greatest height of their civilization. What Virgil felt was the one triumph his Empire lacked was its own epic, a tale embodying the Roman spirit, virtue and justifying its greatness. What Homer achieved for the Greeks with the Iliad and the Odyssey, so Virgil would do the same? He immediately set to work in his reacquire country estate ... at Mantua, Italy. Besides the great influence Homer's works had on him, Virgil considered it vital that he connect ... a quite interesting manner. Influenced by Homer's ...

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... and dialogues, tragic and comic drama, literary letters and critical and biographical history. The first important form of Greek literature was epic poetry. Epics are long narrative poems. Most of them inform us about the heroic deeds of mortals or divine beings. Homer is considered the greatest Greek poet. He composed the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey", which are two famous epic poems. He composed these during ... the 700's BC. Both of these poems emphasized bravery and honor and had a huge impact on Greek ... education, culture and literature. The first major Greek poet after Homer was He...

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... their owner's property. Although Athenians could treat them as they wished, it wasn"t in their best interest to harm their own property. In arguments, the courts took the word of the master. A freed slave became a metic. Government The Athenians used a type of democracy not unlike ours. Actually it's a lot like ours once you think about it. There were ten tribes, which ... this is a lot like our democracy today, which is a representative democracy. The Athenians had a direct democracy, where the people had even more power than us in America. Education/Military Service Education was highly...

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... important form of Greek literature was epic poetry. Epics are long narrative poems. Most of them inform us about the heroic deeds of mortals or divine beings. Homer is considered the greatest Greek poet. 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. Lyric poetry, shorter forms of poetry, began to replace the epic. Lyric poetry was originally sung to music of the lyre. Personal feelings were displayed ... in lyric poetry versus the acts of ...

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• Grade Level: High School