Archive for the 'Ancient Greece' Category
Ancient Greek coins for auction
Published December 13, 2012 Alexander the Great , Ancient Greece , Archeology , Art , Beauty , Design , Emblems , History , Symbols , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm 1 CommentTags: coins
Myths and Heroes
Published October 12, 2012 Ancient Greece , Anglo-Saxons , Archeology , Art , Celts , Classics , Culture , Europe , History , Interesting , Western Civilization 1 CommentTags: Argonauts, Jason and the Argonauts, King Arthur
From the pbs.org website:
Host Michael Wood takes an epic journey, following in the path of the Queen of Sheba, searching for Shangri-La in Tibet, untangling the tales of King Arthur’s Celtic Brittan and tracing the trek of Jason who sought the Golden Fleece.
More info here.
Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes
Published May 31, 2012 Ancient Greece , Europe , History , Interesting , Knowledge , Science , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentTags: Archimedes
Giuseppe Nogari “Archimedes (c.287-212 BC)”
From TED.com:
How do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course! Ancient books curator William Noel tells the fascinating story behind the Archimedes palimpsest, a Byzantine prayer book containing previously-unknown original writings from ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes and others.
See the video here.
Exercises to build the body of a Greek God
Published June 24, 2010 Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , Art , Beauty , Health , Interesting , Masterpiece , Physical Training , Western Paradigm Leave a Comment
The Doryphorus displays the canonic proportions of the male torso established by Polykleitos and it was the model for the Hellenistic and Roman heroic cuirass, a fine example being the Augustus of Prima Porta.
From listverse.com:
Height (78 inches, 198.1)
Neck (19 inches; 48.26)
Biceps (16.5 inches; 41.9)
Chest (52 inches; 36.8cm)
Forearms (14.5 inches; 36.8cm)
Buttocks (47.5 inches; 120.6cm)
Calves (19 inches; 48.26cm)
Waist (40.5 inches; 102.8cm)
Thighs (26.5 inches; 67.3cm)
Read about the exercises here.
Argonauts Expedition Map
Published May 15, 2010 Ancient Greece , Classics , History , Interesting , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentTags: Argonauts, Expedition, Jason and the Argonauts, Map
Early Greek Poets Timeline
Published April 5, 2010 Ancient Greece , Classics , Culture , Europe , History , Interesting , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a Comment
From the about.com article:
Because of limitations inherent in the study of ancient history, we don’t know for certain when many of these early Greek poets were born or died. Some dates, like those for Homer, are guesses. New scholarship could revise these dates. So, this early Greek poets timeline is a way to visualize relative chronology within the same genre. The genres here are: epic, iambic, elegiac, and lyric poetry.
Read the article here.
War and History with Victor Davis Hanson
Published March 22, 2010 Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , Classics , College , Culture , Europe , History , Interesting , Military , Military History , Political Correctness , Postmodernism , Society , Tradition , United States , War , Warfare , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentTop 10 Color Classical Reproductions
Published October 28, 2009 Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , Art , Beauty , Classics , Europe , History , Interesting , Symbols , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a Comment
From the listverse.com site:
When we think of statues and buildings of the classical period, we tend to imagine white marble; scientists in recent years have discovered that it is in fact most likely that many of the buildings and statues were painted and probably adorned with jewelry. The Vatican Museum has recently put on an exhibition of some of the most famous antiquities from the era with reproductions painted as close to the originals as they can – this is possible because many statues contain trace amounts of pigment from their original coats of paint. This is a list of ten spectacular reproduction statues from the Classical Period. As usual, click each image to view a larger version.
See more comparison pictures here.
Timeline of Ancient Greece
Published September 23, 2009 Alexander the Great , Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , Classics , Culture , Europe , History , Interesting , Military History , Philosophy , Symbols , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a Comment
Most Important People in Ancient Classical History
Published July 27, 2009 Alexander the Great , Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome , Classics , Europe , History , Interesting , Military History , War , Warfare , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentMost Important People in Ancient Classical History
From the ancienthistory.about.com article:
When dealing with Ancient/Classical History, the difference between history and legend is not always clear. Evidence is scant for many people from the start of writing to the Fall of Rome (A.D. 476). With this reminder, here is my list of the most important people in the ancient world. In general, I exclude Biblical figures before Moses, legendary founders of Greco-Roman cities, and participants in the Trojan war or Greek mythology. Also, note the firm date 476 is violated by “the last of the Romans,” Roman Emperor Justinian. The order is thematic.
See the list here.
From the ancienthistory.about.com article:
When dealing with Ancient/Classical History, the difference between history and legend is not always clear. Evidence is scant for many people from the start of writing to the Fall of Rome (A.D. 476). With this reminder, here is my list of the most important people in the ancient world. In general, I exclude Biblical figures before Moses, legendary founders of Greco-Roman cities, and participants in the Trojan war or Greek mythology. Also, note the firm date 476 is violated by “the last of the Romans,” Roman Emperor Justinian. The order is thematic.
See the list here.
