and Hades were given power over the sea and the underworld, respectively. The earth .
was to be ruled in common by all three. Beginning with the writings of the Greek poet .
Homer, Zeus is pictured in two very different ways. He is represented as the god of .
justice and mercy, the protector of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked. As .
husband to his sister Hera, he is the father of Ares, the god of war; Hebe, the goddess of .
youth; Hephaestus, the god of fire; and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth. At the same .
time, Zeus is described as falling in love with one woman after another and resorting to .
all kinds of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife. Stories of his escapades were .
numerous in ancient mythology, and many of his offspring were a result of his love .
affairs with both goddesses and mortal women. It is believed that, with the development .
of a sense of ethics in Greek life, the idea of a lecherous, sometimes ridiculous father .
god became distasteful, so later legends tended to present Zeus in a more exalted light. .
His many affairs with mortals are sometimes explained as the wish of the early Greeks to .
trace their lineage to the father of the gods. Zeus's image was represented in sculptural .
works as a kingly, bearded figure. The most celebrated of all statues of Zeus was .
Phidias's gold and ivory colossus at Olympia. .
The standing nude youth (kouros), the standing draped girl (kore), and the seated .
woman. All emphasize and generalize the essential features of the human figure and .
show an increasingly accurate comprehension of human anatomy. The youths were .
either sepulchral or votive statues. Examples are Apollo (Metropolitan Museum), an .
early work; Strangford Apollo from LÃmnos (British Museum, London), a much later .
work; and the Anavyssos Kouros (National Museum, Athens). More of the musculature .
and skeletal structure is visible in this statue than in earlier works. The standing, draped .
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Ancient Greece During the Greek Golden Age, art flourished and philosophy was born. ... The similarities (such as self indulgence, slavery, and gay pride) between their "Golden Age" and our western world today are countless. ... The Greeks were materialists. ... The sculptors of the Golden Age aimed to create graceful, strong and perfectly formed figures. ... In ancient Greece, public drama was more than drunken orgies. ...
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The Masks of Ancient Greek Theater Early ancient Greek theater introduced many important elements into drama during its earliest years, approximately 600 B.C.-100 B.C. ... The Cambridge Guide to World Theater as well as Kenneth Macgowan, author of Golden Ages of the Theater credits the introduction of the mask to Thespis of Icaria, winner of the first tragedy contest (Cambridge Guide 991)(Macgowan 11). ... In the early Aristotelian thinking, "Age was understood as both a drying and a chilling process", and thus old men were considered cold and dry (Wiles 152). ... The masks of the young...
The Masks of Ancient Greek Theater Early ancient Greek theater introduced many important elements into drama during its earliest years, approximately 600 B.C.-100 B.C. ... The Cambridge Guide to World Theater as well as Kenneth Macgowan, author of Golden Ages of the Theater credits the introduction of the mask to Thespis of Icaria, winner of the first tragedy contest (Cambridge Guide 991)(Macgowan 11). ... In the early Aristotelian thinking, "Age was understood as both a drying and a chilling process", and thus old men were considered cold and dry (Wiles 152). ... The masks of the youn...
