The Pan-Hellenic Culture

Sutton, Susan Buck“ Culture of Greece.” Every Culture. Avameg, Inc, 2017. Web. 17 Feb. 2017.

One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations, cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound social and political change and the accompanying confusion and fear produced in the minds and souls of human beings.

The Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Isthmian Games, and the Nemean Games, known collectively as the Panhellenic Games served as annual hubs for Greek culture. This made the Stephantic Games a unique phenomenon in Ancient Greece as they brought together the various and often warring city-states of Greece into a collaborative effort with one another.

There are two important matters that the "Funeral Oration of Pericles" proves, these two matters are, the great respect that Athenians have for their warrior class and how the Athenians were exceedingly proud of their city and its customs. The following paper discusses the way of life of Athenians and how the Funeral Oration of Pericles influenced it.

His decision to use the comedic tactic in the play might be avowed to be an effective method which squeezed the interests of the public. This concept is in connection to their views and desires to evaluate Socrates’ legit contribution in the stabilization of westernization and democracy not only in Athens but also, in other parts of the world

Compared to other American groups, Greek-Americans are sought out to be wealthy, educated, and successful. They feel that their success comes from being hard workers. There were two major periods of migration for the Greeks to the United States. The First period was from 1890-1924, and the second period was from 1925- 1968 (Markus, 1986). Greeks, on average, have higher education, and higher income than other ethnic groups.

During ancient Greek times, the audience plays a crucial role in a tragedy´s success. Without them, tragedies would´ve faded away. However, it is critical to remember how an audience feels during a performance, like in Oedipus. In Oedipus, the audience feels pity and fear towards Oedipus because of his flaws and misgivings. For instance the audience pities Oedipus in Oedipus Rex because the audience have watched the tragedy before and knew what was going to happen beforehand.

“Greek civilization is alive; it moves in every breath of mind that we breathe; so much of it remains that none of us in one lifetime could absorb it all.” Ancient Greeks are known to be one of the greatest and most advanced people and have left behind a legacy that helped define the Western civilization. Cultural diffusion helped spread Greek culture all over the world, and its effects can still be felt today in almost every aspect. Greek culture has greatly affected different parts of my daily life including architecture, food, government, inventions, music, religion, and education.

Erudition, innovation, sophistication, every word and thousands more are associated with the name Greece. Steeped in complex lore, mythology, and history, it stands as a turning point in European culture. Its ideas and inventions are responsible for shaping many future events and turning the tide in science, art, and philosophy. At one time a group of city states, Greece was dominated by two centers a cultural one, Athens, and a military one, Sparta. Athens is probably best known for its playwrights, its philosophers, and the Acropolis. Sparta on the other hand is remembered as a military marvel where courage was the highest virtue. Legend tells that it had no walls for its best and only defense was its citizens’ valor

Specific Purpose: To give audience an insight to the lives of the Ancient Greeks and to teach them about Ancient Greece as a culture (Kendall)

In this paper, I will discuss a play by Athenian playwright Aristophanes, The Wasps. First, I shall give a brief overview of the The Wasps. Then, I will examine the courtroom scene of the play and argue that Philocleon is not an impartial juror. Next, I will discuss generational gap in Athens. Finally, I will conclude the paper with my outcome of the investigation of the conflict between Misocleon and Philocleon.

is not only a record of Greek theatre but also provides a [necessary] insight into many of the political and social aspects of ancient Greece, from family relations to details of Greek religion” (Cartwright). Before Sophocles died he “witnessed the decline of Athens”

Aristophanes’ ‘The Frogs’ was first performed at the festival of Dionysus in 504BC, a year before the end of the Peloponnesian war, and was so well received it not only won the competition for comedy, but was also given an encore taking the form of a second performance in that same year. At the time of the plays performance Athens was run by an assembly of its citizens, in some ways comparable to a modern democracy, where any man who had completed two years of military service was able to vote. Politics therefore was an important part of Athenian life, with many young men studying the art of debating, something reflected in ‘The Frogs’ by its many references and illusions to political figures. It is hard to doubt that in his play Aristophanes intended to educate or inform his audience, especially considering the plays many allusions to the advisory role of poets. The objective of this essay therefore is not to answer the question ‘does Aristophanes inform, educate and entertain his audience in the frogs’ but to identify both where and how he does so, both linguistically and structurally. The problem with this however is that any talk about the

“La vie doit être vécue comme une pièce de théâtre,” -Plato. Translated to our language this quote means, ”Life must be lived as a play.” In Ancient Greece, entertainment was very important. The Greeks felt that entertainment would help them honor their gods. Entertainment brought the people of Greece together and made them socialize more to one another. All of the entertainment the Greeks created strongly impacts our lives today. In our opinion, without their creations, we would not have theatres, plays, poetry, festivals, or even the Olympics.

It explains why so many plays turn, like the Frogs, on a formal debate. The situation of the play affects its internal constitution. As drama is analogous to politics, so the dramatic action is assimilated to political action. For the Athenian audience, the fully expressive mode is competitive debate.